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Years reuniting for the first time in over a decade. So whats the real story behind that historymaking first kiss . But first, the nightline five. Good evening and thanks for joining us. Youre about to meet a woman whos allowing experts to pick the man of her dreams and then trusting them enough to marry him on the spot. Yep, theyre total strangers saying no to marriage as we know it, meeting for the very first time at the altar. But what happens after they say i do . Heres abcs Bianna Golodryga. Reporter its the most important day of their young lives. Okay. Just relax. Reporter three nervous couples im scared. Reporter Just Moments Away from walking down the aisle. Oh, my gosh. Im going to finally meet him. Reporter everything is perfect. The dresses are picked out. Sham spa champagne is flowing. Guests are arriving. But one thing is different from other american weddings. Crazy. Reporter these brides and grooms are about to tie the knot they hope till death do they part, and this is the first time theyre ever laying eyes on each other. Thats right. Six brave souls agreed to this extreme social experiment, allowing four selfproclaimed love experts theyre putting one of the most important decisions into our hands. Reporter to find their Perfect Match for a new reality show married at first sight. As the Summer Wedding season kicks into high gear, this show has already generated lots of controversy over the past week. On last weeks Series Premiere 27yearold jamie otis was by far the most nervous of the brides and groomstobe. Im scared. Sorry. Youre beautiful. Thank you. You have a great job. Youre educated. What do you say to the viewer at home who says why does she of all people need to go through a process like this to find a man . I have like huge trust issues. Im a commitmentphobe. So for me to go on this and to give this a shot, it was really a chance to have experts there kind of like guiding me, maybe how some people would have their parents guide them. Reporter as jamie walks down the aisle and sees 31yearold doug for the first time, she begins to cry uncontrollably. Can you talk about that moment when you first saw him . I was like, what am i doing . And you know, its obvious now that i wasnt initially attracted to him. But honesthonestly, i couldnt think straight. I couldnt stop crying. Most women their wedding day is probably the best day of their life. But my wedding day was probably the worst day of my life. Reporter doug on the other hand beams at the sight of his beautiful but visibly tearful bride. I couldnt have been happier seeing someone that was just absolutely gorgeous. Reporter as excited as you were when she saw you, it wasnt reciprocated on her part. Sure. Reporter but when you watch the footage, how did that make you feel . When i first saw her crying and how scared she was, it was almost comforting in a way because she was taking it serious and it was a real moment. It was right there. It was tough to kind of ignore the fact that youre getting legally married to a stranger. I offer you my heart and soul. I offer you my heart and soul. Reporter all six strangers ended up saying i do. And the subsequent wedding receptions are understandably awkward. We did it. Yay. I was i moved in with my parents. Ive been living at my parents. Oh, really . Its awkward a little bit because were both strangers, we didnt know each other before, now were married. What do you do . Ill be a firefighter in a couple months. I dont really know you. Hes a bit touchy. Which is nice. You know, but like not really. Reporter and as for the traditionally romantic wedding night im not kissing you. Act like i love you. Reporter lets just say physical intimacy is kept at a minimum. Talk about that night. I wasnt sure what to expect because i had never really been alone without anybody else. Like i almost was like stay, for the camera guys, stay because i dont want to be alone with him. The white of her knuckles is showing through this bouquet. Reporter for the following four weeks the couples live together day in and day out. Doug moves into jamies manhattan apartment. They get to know each other, hoping to eventually fall in love. If you could plan a really romantic date, what would you do . Breakfast in bed. Thats it . Reporter and yes, there is a prenup. We asked each other how much we made and how much debt we were in. I think that was within the first half hour of meeting each other. When i say it was backwards, it was backwards. Walk me through what a typical day with a stranger whos now your wife is like. It is ridiculously mindboggling. Its like every single time its like a first date with this person. Reporter at the end of the month theyll make the final decision. Will they or wont they . Do you want to stay married . Or do you want to get a divorce . Reporter relationship guru logan levkov is one of the four experts on the show. It is a responsibility that we didnt take lightly. We knew going into this that doug wasnt necessarily the typical look that jamie went for. But jamie also talked about the importance of personality. If she could get past that initial reaction, then it could be really special. Reporter she defends the shows premise. I offer you my heart and soul. I understand why people are going to make assumptions about this particular show, because we live in this world where reality tv has been exploitative. It is our job and our responsibility to change your mind, and i really do believe were going to do that. Reporter strangely enough, this isnt jamies first foray into the realm of reality show romance. Yes. Reporter az contestant on the bachelor two years ago this cringeworthy kiss with bachelor ben was one for the record books. Theres like an instruction guide. I cant i cant handle this. Reporter but she says this experience could not be more different. The bachelor is a tough situation to be in. Marriage at first sight is entirely different. And im not saying ha its necessarily better, but for me its more realistic. Reporter doug and jamie would not reveal to us if things worked out. I want to be alone for a second. Reporter they want to you tune in to see what happens after they say i do. Were just taking it one day at a time and really trying to build a foundation. I know that sounds crazy to most people because were already kind of like what most people build up to. But yeah. And its working. This gives me an excuse to put your arm around me. Reporter for nightline im Bianna Golodryga in new york. And if youre like me and have to find out, married at first sight airs on fyi network, which is partly owned by abc. It airs on tuesdays at 9 00 p. M. Eastern. 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But as we found in our abc news investigation, the artist is now a long way away from times square, and our efforts to unravel the mystery of this massive scheme took us from new yorks elite art world to billionaire collectors in london to accused fake art dealers in spain all the way to china, the hiding place for the littleknown artist who has turned the art world upside down with his masterful fakes. In this case the accused forger created lookalikes of some of americas most prominent artists including the late margaret rothko whose iconic blocks of color sell more millions of dollars. This real rothko sold for 56 million in may. A perfect time to turn out the fakes. Here are images of a real rothko and a fake rothko created by the accused times square forger. The real one on the right sold for 3 million. The fake on the left actually sold for more. 8 million. I thought that looks like a pretty good rothko. And im an loan. Id love to see the original forgery. Art critic blake goff ni says a lot of socalled experts were taken in by the fakes. The greatest collectors of rothkos, the greatest connoisseurs of rothkos loved them when they first saw them until they found out they were forgeries. The times square copycat also targeted the works of Jackson Pollock, whose technique of drips and splashes of paint captivated the art world. Figuring out that art could be made that way is what matters. But of course it opens him up to forgers bigtime because forgers can splash paint too. Reporter here are images of a real Jackson Pollock and one created by the accused times square forger. The real one on the right sold for 58 million last year. The fake one on the left sold years ago for 2 million. According to court records, the fake art created by the chinese artist sold for a total of more than 80 million over the last decade. The fakes were first spotted by a billionaire collector in london, pierre lagrange, who was having his art appraised as he went through a divorce. An expert determined that the type of yellow paint in this fake Jackson Pollock, purchased for 17 million, was produced years after Jackson Pollock had died. If a pictures made with paint that didnt exist when the artist was alive, thats a pretty good sign its probably a fake. Lagrange bought his fake Jackson Pollock through the once prestigious nodler gallery in new york city, who he sued saying in his lawsuit the gallery knew or should have known it was selling a fake. He later settled with nodler. The gallery denies knowing it was a fake, saying it was fooled, too. Nodler went out of business after 165 years, a day after the expert hired by lagrange reported the painting was a fake. Real consequences in reputation of course have been ruined all along. Thats why theres so much finger pointing back and forth. Everyones trying to put the blame on someone else so they dont look as foolish. Reporter and at the center of the scam, authorities say, is this new york woman. Glacer oochlt risalis, a selfzriebtd art dealer who along with her boyfriend first approached the chinese artist and got him to begin churning out the fakes. She has pleaded guilty to federal fraud and tax charges and is now cooperating with the government. Her boyfriend, named jose bergantino diaz was arrested in spain on the u. S. Charges and remained free awaiting extradition to the united states. He has denied wrongdoing and has told local reporters hes not worried about the case. As for the artist, he disappeared from his home in queens, new york when news reports first surfaced about the massive forgery scheme. So we tracked him back to china, to a neighborhood on the outskirts of shanghai, and his small studio in this highrise apartment. His name is pei shing kim. And he talks for the first time on television about the fakes and the investigation with meg suchma of abc news. Translator my intent wasnt for any fake paintings to be sold as the real thing. They were just copies to be put up in your home if you like it. Reporter kim was paid between 5,000 and 8,000 according to the indictment against him for paintings which later sold for millions of dollars. Translator if you look at my bank account, youll see there was no income. Im still a poor artist. Do you think i could be involved with this . Reporter kim has admitted he forged the signatures of the painters he copied. Yet he insisted to abc news he was stunned that so many people in the art world would be foobys fake rothkos and pollocks. Translator these copies were just supposed to mimic them on a basic level so i was very shocked people would mix them up. Reporter but mix them up they did. Outside a recent 70s auction of abstract art we set up an easel with images of a fake rothko and a real one to see if those attending the auction could spot the forgery. Definitely this one. I think the one on the left is the fake the one on the right is real. Im saying the one on the right is the fake. I know rothkos pretty well. Its not easy. The real is on the right and the fake is on the left . People thought they were sublime masterworks. Before they you why they were fakes people thought 2450ez were great works of sxart thart and them up in fancy museums. Does it matter . I think it matters because it teaches us something important. We dont look at works of art for their beauty, what they teach us visually, we look at them as autographs, as price tags. Reporter as for kim, hes beyond the reach of the fbi and american law while staying in china, where he says he continues to paint now, its his passion, but no longer producing any of those fakes. For nightline this is brian ross, abc news, new york. And its real life for both fred and danica. When a man fred savage. He just got asked on twitter two seconds ago. Yes. Yeah, girl you know, ive been thinking about us and, uh, i just cant fight it anymore its bundle time bundle mm, feel those savings, baby and thats how a home and auto bundle is made. Better he learns it here than on the streets. The miracle of bundling now, thats progressive. You knowfine barbecue,merica . Good times and zero heartburn. And thats why i take prilosec otc each morning for my frequent heartburn. Because it gives me. Zero heartburn prilosec otc. The number 1 doctorrecommended frequent heartburn medicine for 9 straight years. You cant beat zero heartburn. Prilosec otc. One pill each morning. 24 hours. Zero heartburn. The summer of this. Mmer. The summer that summers from here on will be compared to. Where memories will be forged into the sand. And then hung on a wall for years to come. Get out there, with over 50,000 hotels at 150 dollars or less. Expedia. Find yours. If he were a lobbyist. If they were political contributors. Maybe tom corbett would listen to them, instead of cutting. Funding for their schools. But corbetts huge tax giveaway to the oil and gas. Industry has cost us billions. Forced deep cuts in education. And his mismanagement caused a massive budget deficit. Now corbett wants to give the oil and gas industry even. More handouts. Because thats who tom corbett listens to. And this is who pays the price. Who knew a tv show all about coming of age could be such a lasting fan favorite. Two decades after the wonder years went off the year, turns out the child stars of the show did a fabulous job coming of age in real life. Abcs Chris Connelly caught up with the cast reuniting for the first time in 16 years. When a man loves a woman reporter in 1988 the wonder years First Episode had this kiss between kevin arnold and Winnie Cooper, played by fred savage, 11, and 13yearold danica mckellar. The one good thing about getting a first kiss on camera is you know for sure its going to happen. We were both really scared and nervous and didnt know what was going to happen or if we were going to do it right. Do you breathe in through your nose . Do you hold your breath . Reporter now the cast of this set in the 60s dramedy, savage and mckellar, along with olivia dado and jason hervey, kevins sister and bullying bro, adam mills and dan lawyeria as the patients and josh steviano who played kevins best pal, have reunited for the first time in 16 years. The wonder years cast members seemed to avoid the child star pitfall. That was our parents. Our parents kept us really grounded. We all had a really strong work ethic, too. Dont be a child of entitlement. Reporter dabo thrived as an action, herve as a producer. Sal gano is now a lawyer. Some think paul was played by a shock rocker. Josh, how many times a week do you get asked if youre Marilyn Manson . Thank you. Thank you, somebody. He just got asked on twitter two seconds ago. Many. And i really think it was the very first internet rumor. And because of that it doesnt die. Reporter fred savage would leave acting behind, get an english degree from stanford, and become a director of such tv series as modern family im kind of doing what i always wanted to do. From when i was a little kid. Im very lucky. Fred, youre one of the best actors ive ever worked with, for sure. And if you ever wanted to act again i think you should because youre awesome. Reporter for a generation of boys, Winnie Cooper embodied the girl next door. If you happened to live in paradise. I just would tell people, look, it was slow motion. It was the music. It was the whole setup. It was the narration, like lifting me up on a pedestal. Come on. I cant take a lot of credit for it. Reporter in college she would coauthor a groundbreaking math theorem. She and savage still hear from fans a little irked by the shows everwistful finale. Have a nice life. I got asked, why didnt kevin and winnie end up together . I would say at least three times a week. Im heartbroken. You just watched the last episode. Im like, you know, its just a tv show. Reporter im Chris Connelly for nightline in los angeles. Got to love that Chris Connelly. And got to love the show. And for super fans out there the wonder years dvd box set is now available for presale online. Thank you for watching abc news. World news now is coming up soon with overnight breaking news. Tune in to Good Morning America tomorrow for all the latest developments in the middle east. And as always, we are online at abcnews. Com. Good night, america. Thanks for joining us. Well see you right back here tomorrow night. 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