High-stakes art forgery is a nefarious deed so lucrative, the FBI has a special unit — the Art Crime Team — tasked with cracking down on it. Over the years, the Bureau has assembled a collection of seized fakes so impressive that Fordham University's Center Gallery just showcased some of the works with a new exhibit, Caveat Emptor. Perhaps surprisingly, the FBI actually helped the gallery's curators sift through and select pieces for the show, which include Gauguins, Matisses, Renoirs, and Warhols — or, at least, that's what the forgers were hoping you'd believe before the FBI rounded them up. Caveat Emptor was timed to coincide with a cybersecurity conference at Fordham and ended this week, but rest easy, millionaires: the works are property of the FBI and won't flood the market, ready to hoodwink you at the next Christie's auction.
The paintings in this gallery aren't real
The paintings in this gallery aren't real
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