The husband-and-wife forgers who fooled the art market — and made millions

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After decades of painting fakes and falsifying evidence, it was a single act of carelessness that brought the Beltracchis' deception to light.

and into private collections, including that of actor Steve Martin. The Beltracchis had even deceived expert art assessors — or, as they have since alleged, paid one of them large enough fees to effectively buy his silence.

A woman looks at the forgery "Zwei rote Pferde in der Landschaft" , which Wolfgang Beltracchi created in the style of artist Heinrich Campendonk, at the Moritzburg art museum in Halle, Germany, in 2014.Rather than forging existing paintings, Wolfgang produced hundreds of original works that skillfully imitated the styles of deceased European artists including Max Ernst, Fernand Léger, Kees van Dongen and André Derain.

The result is a complex and compelling portrait of a man for whom forgery was a creative art form — and for whom deception became something of a game. The duo made millions of dollars, but money was only part of the appeal, Fischer argues. Although the Beltracchis lived comfortably, traveled widely and bought a home in the south of France, where they raised their children, they eschewed many of the excesses one might expect, given the huge wealth they acquired, she added.

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Why are they not in prison?

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