Egypt
- Amarna Fake To Go On Display
Manchester Evening News (Paul Britton) An infamous forged statue of an Egyptian princess will go on display at the same museum that paid £440,000 for it. Bolton council believed the 20-inch statue, the Amarna Princess, was more than 3,300 years old after...
- 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...
- 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 re charges relating to forged Amarna statue
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/6596597.stm
"Bolton Council paid £440,000 for the Amarna Princess in 2003 believing it was 3,300-years-old - but in 2006 experts found it was counterfeit.
George Greenhalgh, his wife Olive, 82, and sons, George, 52, and Shaun, 46, appeared at Bolton Magistrates' Court. They were bailed to appear at Bolton Crown Court on 24 July. . . . George Greenhalgh Snr, Olive Greenhalgh and Shaun Greenhalgh are all accused of conspiracy to defraud, including allegedly selling faked and forged works of arts as genuine, between 1989 and 2006. They are also charged with money laundering fake arts and antiques and the proceeds of the sales from the antiques.
George Greenhalgh Snr and Shaun Greenhalgh face an additional charge of money laundering the proceeds of the sale of the Amarna Princess. George Greenhalgh Jnr is charged with money laundering fake arts and antiques and the proceeds of the sales from the antiques.
All four were given unconditional bail and are expected to enter pleas when they appear at Bolton Crown Court in July."
George Greenhalgh, his wife Olive, 82, and sons, George, 52, and Shaun, 46, appeared at Bolton Magistrates' Court. They were bailed to appear at Bolton Crown Court on 24 July. . . . George Greenhalgh Snr, Olive Greenhalgh and Shaun Greenhalgh are all accused of conspiracy to defraud, including allegedly selling faked and forged works of arts as genuine, between 1989 and 2006. They are also charged with money laundering fake arts and antiques and the proceeds of the sales from the antiques.
George Greenhalgh Snr and Shaun Greenhalgh face an additional charge of money laundering the proceeds of the sale of the Amarna Princess. George Greenhalgh Jnr is charged with money laundering fake arts and antiques and the proceeds of the sales from the antiques.
All four were given unconditional bail and are expected to enter pleas when they appear at Bolton Crown Court in July."
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- Amarna Fake To Go On Display
Manchester Evening News (Paul Britton) An infamous forged statue of an Egyptian princess will go on display at the same museum that paid £440,000 for it. Bolton council believed the 20-inch statue, the Amarna Princess, was more than 3,300 years old after...
- 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...
- 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,...