Masterpiece or Forgery? - The Story of Elmyr de Hory (1997)

Synopsis: Elmyr de Hory was called "the Myth of the Century" when the world found out that he had forged over 1,000 paintings, estimated to be worth over 100 million dollars, many of which are probably still... Elmyr de Hory was called "the Myth of the Century" when the world found out that he had forged over 1,000 paintings, estimated to be worth over 100 million dollars, many of which are probably still in museums around the world. Elmyr musteriously disappeared in 1976, but not before he had fooled some of the most important art critics and historians in the world, faked his own identity many times, befriended the rich and famous, and became a wealthy man himself. This absorbing documentary interviews many of Elmyr's celebrity friends as well as many of the curators he fooled. [More]

Director: Knut W. Jorfald

Director: Knut W. Jorfald