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- Amarna Statuette Forgery Sentences
The Scotsman A PENSIONER who fooled the art world for years by selling fake antiques his son had "knocked up" in his garden shed avoided a jail sentence yesterday. Wheelchair-bound George Greenhalgh, 84 – dubbed the "artful codger" – was given a...
- Amarna Statuette Forger Jailed For Art Con
BBC News A 47-year-old man has been jailed for more than four years for what police said was "the most sustained and diverse" art forgery case ever. Shaun Greenhalgh, from Bolton, passed off scores of faked artefacts and artworks as genuine. His mother...
- Amarna Statuette Fraudsters Sentenced
This story has generated quite a lot of interest in the UK. International Herald Tribune A court in northern England sentenced an antique dealer to prison Friday for churning out statues, paintings and other art works and passing the sophisticated fakes...
- Couple Pleads Guilty To Fraud Over Egyptian Statue Fakery
Manchester Evening News A COUPLE in their 80s today pleaded guilty to defrauding galleries and antique dealers by passing off fake works of art. George Greenhalgh, 84, and Olive Greenhalgh, 83, of Bolton, Greater Manchester, conspired to defraud art institutions...
- Trial Set For Dealers Who Sold Fake Amarna Statuette In Bolton Uk
The Telegraph A family appeared in court yesterday accused of passing off a fake Egyptian artefact to a local authority for more than £400,000. George Greenhalgh, 83, who is wheelchair-bound, was positioned outside the dock while his wife Olive, 82,...
Egypt
More about the Amarna forgery at Bolton Museum
http://tinyurl.com/3bo42x (thisislondon.co.uk)
It is nice to see that there has been a follow-up to the discovery that the headless statue, created in the style distinctive to the Amarna period, and purchased for 440,000ukp by Bolton Museum, was found to be a forgery:
"Last week, antiques dealer George Greenhalgh, 84, and his 82-year- old wife Olive were quizzed by detectives from the Metropolitan Police.
The couple and their 52-year- old son, Shaun, have each been charged with conspiracy to defraud, including alleged offences of selling faked and forged works as genuine between 1989 and 2006 and money laundering the proceeds of the sale of such antiques.
George Greenhalgh and Shaun Greenhalgh also face an additional charge of laundering the proceeds of the sale of the Amarna Princess.
The couple's elder son, George jnr, aged 53, has also been charged with money laundering. The four are due to face Bolton magistrates on Thursday."
The couple and their 52-year- old son, Shaun, have each been charged with conspiracy to defraud, including alleged offences of selling faked and forged works as genuine between 1989 and 2006 and money laundering the proceeds of the sale of such antiques.
George Greenhalgh and Shaun Greenhalgh also face an additional charge of laundering the proceeds of the sale of the Amarna Princess.
The couple's elder son, George jnr, aged 53, has also been charged with money laundering. The four are due to face Bolton magistrates on Thursday."
Originally reported at a number of sites including the BBC:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/manchester/4825014.stm
- Amarna Statuette Forgery Sentences
The Scotsman A PENSIONER who fooled the art world for years by selling fake antiques his son had "knocked up" in his garden shed avoided a jail sentence yesterday. Wheelchair-bound George Greenhalgh, 84 – dubbed the "artful codger" – was given a...
- Amarna Statuette Forger Jailed For Art Con
BBC News A 47-year-old man has been jailed for more than four years for what police said was "the most sustained and diverse" art forgery case ever. Shaun Greenhalgh, from Bolton, passed off scores of faked artefacts and artworks as genuine. His mother...
- Amarna Statuette Fraudsters Sentenced
This story has generated quite a lot of interest in the UK. International Herald Tribune A court in northern England sentenced an antique dealer to prison Friday for churning out statues, paintings and other art works and passing the sophisticated fakes...
- Couple Pleads Guilty To Fraud Over Egyptian Statue Fakery
Manchester Evening News A COUPLE in their 80s today pleaded guilty to defrauding galleries and antique dealers by passing off fake works of art. George Greenhalgh, 84, and Olive Greenhalgh, 83, of Bolton, Greater Manchester, conspired to defraud art institutions...
- Trial Set For Dealers Who Sold Fake Amarna Statuette In Bolton Uk
The Telegraph A family appeared in court yesterday accused of passing off a fake Egyptian artefact to a local authority for more than £400,000. George Greenhalgh, 83, who is wheelchair-bound, was positioned outside the dock while his wife Olive, 82,...