Project Totton News Today

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

The work, known as Salmon Life Giving Spawn, was recently hanging at the Ontario Legislature building and had characteristics investigators say link it to one of the Norval Morrisseau art fraud rings.

A piece of artwork hanging in the Ontario legislature was seized by police Thursday amid allegations that it was not painted by prominent Indigenous artist Norval Morrisseau as was originally claimed.

The Ontario Provincial Police have seized the artwork for further investigation as the gallery, The Whetung Ojibwa Centre, says it will support the efforts of law enforcement

A piece of artwork hanging in the Ontario legislature was seized by police Thursday amid allegations that it was not painted by prominent Indigenous artist Norval Morrisseau as was originally claimed.

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

The first of eight suspects accused in a massive Indigenous art fraud case has been sentenced to five years in prison in a northern Ontario court Thursday.

The first of eight suspects accused in a massive Indigenous art fraud case has been sentenced to five years in prison in a northern Ontario court Thursday.

The lead investigators in a bust of forgery rings alleged to have faked thousands of Norval Morrisseau works say the level of fraud could top $100 million.