Videos

BBC’s Fake or Fortune? Series

Series 1 Episode 1: Monet (YouTube)

Series 1 Episode 2: Homer (YouTube)

Series 1 Episode 3: Van Meegeren (YouTube)

Series 2 Episode 1: Degas and the Little Dancer (YouTube) (BBC)

Series 2 Episode 2: Turner: A Miscarriage of Justice? (BBC)

Series 2 Episode 3: Van Dyck: What Lies Beneath (YouTube)

Series 3 Episode 1: Vuillard (YouTube) (BBC)

Series 3 Episode 2: Constable (YouTube) (BBC)

Series 3 Episode 3: Chagall (YouTube)

Series 3 Episode 4: Gainsborough (YouTube) (BBC)

Series 4 Episode 1: Lowry (YouTube) (BBC)

Series 4 Episode 2: Renoir (YouTube) (BBC)

Series 4 Episode 3: A Mystery Old Master (YouTube) (BBC)

Series 4 Episode 4: Munnings and Churchill (YouTube)

Series 5 Episode 1: Freud (YouTube)

Series 5 Episode 2: Delaroche (YouTube) (BBC)

Series 5 Episode 3: Rodin (YouTube) (BBC)

Series 5 Episode 4: Portraits (YouTube) (BBC)

Series 6 Episode 1: Constable (YouTube) (BBC)

Series 6 Episode 2: Tom Roberts (YouTube) (BBC)

Series 6 Episode 3: Gaugin (YouTube) (BBC)

Series 7 Episode 1: Nicholson (YouTube)

Series 7 Episode 2: Toulouse-Lautrec (YouTube) (BBC)

Series 7 Episode 3: Henry Moore (YouTube) (BBC)

Series 7 Episode 4: A Double Whodunnit (YouTube) (BBC)

Series 7 Episode 8: Giacometti (YouTube) (BBC)

Series 8 Episode 1: The Lost Gainsborough (YouTube) (BBC)

Series 8 Episode 2: Cosway or Lawrence? (YouTube) (BBC)

Series 8 Episode 3: De Chirico (YouTube) (BBC)

Series 8 Episode 4: A Venetian View (YouTube) (BBC)

Series 9 Episode 1: A Sculpture in the Brambles (YouTube) (BBC)

Series 9 Episode 2: Gerome (YouTube) (BBC)

Series 9 Episode 3: Landseer (YouTube) (BBC)

Series 9 Episode 4: A King’s Last Supper (YouTube) (BBC)

Series 10 Episode 1: Ben Nicholson (YouTube) (BBC)

Series 10 Episode 2: Modigliani (YouTube) (BBC)

Series 10 Episode 3: Sisley (YouTube) (BBC)

Series 10 Episode 4: Flemish Old Master (YouTube) (BBC)

Series 11 Episode 1: Elisabeth Frink (YouTube) (BBC)

Series 11 Episode 2: Joshua Reynolds (BBC)

Series 11 Episode 3: Cezanne and Pissarro (YouTube) (BBC)

Series 11 Episode 4: Arshile Gorky (YouTube) (BBC)

The following episodes are currently unavailable to watch on YouTube or the BBC Website:

Series 1 Episode 4: Rembrandt

TED Talks

Can AI detect forged art? | Carina Popovici | TEDxNuremberg. April 4, 2023. 11:05

The strange history of the world’s most stolen painting – Noah Charney. December 21, 2020. 5:37

The art forger who tricked the Nazis – Noah Charney. April 6, 2020. 5:16

Additional YouTube Videos

BBC World Service: A collection of Russian modern art worth millions. But is it fake? – BBC World Service Documentaries. March 10, 2024. 58:40

FD Crime: The Biggest Art Fraud of the 20th Century | Conmen Case Files | FD Crime. September 24, 2023. 48:42

Perspective: Perspective: Investigating the Authenticity of Portraits. December 16, 2022. 56:12

Real Crime: The Cunning Genius Who Fooled The Art World | Conmen Case | Real Crime. April 5, 2022. 48:34

Best Documentary: Wolfgang Beltracchi, the greatest art forger. December 13, 2021. 58:18

Real Stories: Elmyr de Hory: World’s Most Notorious Art Forger? (Crime Documentary) | Real Stories. November 25, 2021. 1:26:37

Insider: How Art Forgery Actually Works | How Crime Works. October 23, 2021. 10:48

Vice: ‘Max the Forger’ Specialized in Faking Famous Art | Fakes, Frauds & Scammers. July 14, 2020. 6:50

Mongrel Media: There Are No Fakes. April 29, 2019. 1h 54min. Youtube, XUMOPlay

Wired: Forgery Experts Explain 5 Ways To Spot A Fake | WIRED. November 20, 2018. 11:47

Artrageous with Nate: How to Spot a Fake Painting [Art Forgery Forensics] | Artrageous with Nate. October 23, 2017. 8:56

ABC News: Alleged Master Forger and Fake High-Price Paintings. July 16, 2014. 6:51

60 Minutes: Art forger’s secret: “Channeling” dead artists. February 23, 2014. 5:22

Additional Videos

Art Law Films, Center for Art Law Library

Made You Look: A True Story About Fake Art. 2020 (Paid Options)

The Duke. 2020 (Paid Options)

BBC: The $50m Art Swindle. September 23, 2019. (YouTube) (Paid Options)

Art and Craft: What’s it Take to Catch a Fake? 2014 (Paid Options)

Orson Welles: F for Fake. 1973 (YouTube) (Paid Options)