Joseph Cosey (AKA Martin Coneely)


Yes, you read that right. The very same man who painted the Sistine Chapel started his illustrious career as a forger. One of the first sculptures he did, he imitated Roman sculptures... then he damaged & buried it, only to "discover" it later. It was passed off as a genuinely ancient roman sculpture.

Frank Abagnale
Catch Me If You Can was a movie based off of Abagnale's life. While more of a con-man than a forger, he managed to create forged checks & con people into thinking he could fly planes and even was a medical supervisor for close to a year.
Yves Charudron

Charudron actually forged SIX copies of the Mona Lisa, after stealing the original piece of artwork. His intent was to sell it to six different buyers, all of them receiving a forged copy. Inevitably he was caught and he stated he just had wanted to see the Mona Lisa returned to Italy.
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