The new season of Fake or Fortune? starts tonight Series 12, Episode 1
September 26, 2024
Join Fiona and Philip as they kick off Season Twelve of Fake or Fortune? at 8.00pm today on BBC One.
In the first episode, American artist Jeffrey Kroll believes a picture he inherited depicting a delicate chrysanthemum flower is by one of the pioneers of abstract art, Piet Mondrian. The provenance is encouraging, with many labels on the back of the picture from prominent Dutch art collections. The trouble is, forgers have gone to great lengths to copy Mondrian’s work – can the team prove that Jeffrey’s is a genuine picture by the Dutch master?