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A decades-long forgery scheme ensnared Canada’s most famous Indigenous artist, a rock musician turned sleuth and several top museums. Here's how investigators unraveled the incredible scam

The Morrisseau Estate believes inauthentic paintings now outnumber real ones on the market, experts would like McGill to remove the painting from display and have its provenance determined

Painting has been removed until more information can be obtained about the provenance of the painting known as Salmon Life Giving Spawn

The painting, called Salmon Life Giving Spawn, is being seized as part of Project Totton, according to a police spokesperson

NCC spokesperson confirms it is working with authorities to verify the authenticity of the artwork

The leader of the Norval Morrisseau art fraud ring has been given five years in prison, a sentence seen as a rarity in Canada despite the seriousness of the crime. Many art thieves, in fact, never land behind bars due to limited art crime-specific investigative resources for police forces here. 

One of eight people charged in what Ontario Provincial Police say is the largest art fraud investigation in Canadian history is expected to be sentenced Thursday in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice in Thunder Bay, Ont.

Some art experts are cautioning that the spiking value of Maud Lewis paintings will make the Nova Scotia folk artist's work more attractive for fraudsters to replicate.

Simcoe County man, James White, has been charged alongside seven others in relation to the forgery and sale of fake artwork attributed to the renowned Indigenous artist Norval Morrisseau.

Eight people face total of 40 charges, after years of police investigations into forgery of artwork by renowned indigenous Canadian artist, Norval Morrisseau