Wolfgang Beltracchi standing in front of a re-creation of the "Salvator Mundi" in the style of Vincent van Gogh (Image by: Alberto Venzago) Wolfgang Beltracchi standing in front of a re-creation of ...

Few people in the art world polarize opinion quite like Wolfgang Beltracchi. To some, the German master forger is a genius, but to others he’s the most infamous criminal in art history. There are ...

The notorious art forger Wolfgang Beltracchi is releasing an NFT art collection. Fittingly, the artist—infamous for his uncanny ability to mimic the work of others—is making 4,608 versions of Leonardo ...

After decades of painting fakes, falsifying evidence and diligently covering their tracks, it was a single act of carelessness that brought the Beltracchis’ deception to light. One half of the German ...

A painting determined to be the work of "genius forger" Wolfgang Beltracchi in Japan's Tokushima Modern Art Museum, it was returned and refunded for 67.2 million yen ($426,000) by an Osaka-based ...

The following script is from "The Con Artist" which aired on Feb. 23, 2014, and was rebroadcast on Aug. 3, 2014 . Bob Simon is the correspondent. Katherine Davis, producer. Wolfgang Beltracchi is a ...

Wolfgang Beltracchi, the "forger of the century," created chaos in the art market with his fake paintings - and hundreds are still circulating. Now a film on the "Robin Hood of art" is showing in New ...

Infamous German art forger Wolfgang Beltracchi is selling thousands of NFTs based on "Salvator Mundi." "Salvator Mundi," which sold for a record $450.3 million in 2017, has been attributed to Leonardo ...

The following script is from "The Con Artist" which aired on Feb. 23, 2014. Bob Simon is the correspondent. Katherine Davis, producer. Wolfgang Beltracchi is a name you may never have heard before.