In the 80s-90s, art prices skyrocketed, increasing fraud potential. The film recounts the story of two men from different backgrounds who crossed paths unexpectedly and orchestrated one of the 20th century's biggest art frauds.
In the 1980's and 1990's the world witnessed a dramatic increase in the price of works of art. As prices soared so did the potential for fraud. Genuine Fakes is based on a true story of how two different men from different social settings meet in the strangest of circumstances and proceed to Mastermind possibly the largest Art Fraud of the 20th Century.—Justin Michel