Eight charged in Norval Morrisseau art fraud investigation: OPP
He is considered a trailblazer for contemporary Indigenous artists
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He is considered a trailblazer for contemporary Indigenous artists
Eight people are facing charges in connection to an apparent decades-long art fraud investigation.
Order of Canada recipient Norval Morrisseau claimed thousands of forgeries of his influential work were being sold
OTTAWA - Canadian police said Friday they had dismantled a decades-old forgery ring that produced and sold possibly thousands of fakes of Indigenous artist Norval Morrisseau's paintings around the world.
Eight people, including five from Thunder Bay, have been charged in connection with a fraud ring alleged to have created over 1,000 fake works purporting to be by famed artist Norval Morrisseau.