Fake or Fortune?

201112 seriesEntertainment / Music/Arts
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BBC One

Journalist Fiona Bruce teams up with art dealer Philip Mould, who has been dubbed `the art detective', to investigate remarkable stories of well known paintings. From time-to-time paintings purported to be famous artists appear which cause a stir in the art world. From Paris and Amsterdam to Cape Town and New York, the team employs old-fashioned detective skills to research the provenance of the paintings, as well as the latest forensic testing to reveal compelling tales of lost masterpieces, forgeries and thefts.

Fabergé or Fauxbergé: Episode Image
Episode 1Fabergé or Fauxbergé

If a flower in a shoebox is a Fabergé jewel owned by royalty, it could be worth a fortune.

A Passage to India: Episode Image
Episode 2A Passage to India

Is a portrait of an Indian woman a lost work by 18th-century trailblazer Katherine Read?

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Episode 3The Last Gift

Will a painting, possibly by Derain, raise a fortune for charity or prove a clever fake?

Freud or Fraud?: Episode Image
Episode 4Freud or Fraud?

Freud or Fraud? Are 15 prints found in a garage really by notorious 20th-century artist Lucian Freud?

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