1The painting was initially hailed as a lost Caravaggio, but infrared analysis revealed it to be a sophisticated forgery.
2Is it possible to commit forgery without any intention to profit financially, and does the law recognise such a distinction?
3The court did not accept the defendant's claim that he had merely produced a replica, ruling that the work constituted a deliberate forgery.
4Examine the provenance of any manuscript with extreme scepticism; the archives are rife with undetected forgeries.
5There is a long and fascinating history of literary forgery, from the Ossianic poems to the Hitler diaries, each scandal reshaping our understanding of authenticity.