Eight people in Ontario have now been charged in relation to an alleged art fraud ring dating back to 1996. The group is suspected of making and selling pieces under the name of Indigenous artist Norval Morrisseau, who died in 2007. Eric Sorensen looks at how the forgeries allegedly started, and the lengths gone to sell the fraudulent work for staggering amounts of money.
- Norval Morrisseau’s family seeks to restore late artist’s legacy, worth after fraud
- Another man pleads guilty in mass forgery of Norval Morrisseau’s artworks
- Thunder Bay, Ont., man gets 5-year sentence for role in Norval Morrisseau art fraud