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Master art forger swaps sides

Tony Tetro made millions of dollars as a prolific art forger but it all came crashing down when he was arrested and jailed for four years

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Now he's using his expertise to help identify art fraud and he's in Australia for a forum on the issue.

Mr Tetro told the conference that up to fifteen per cent of art sold may not be genuine.

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"I obviously don't want to name names but there are quite a lot of fakes out there and it's something we do have to watch out for." Mr Tetro said.


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