Glasgow shipbuilder Sir William Burrell collected Degas in the painter’s lifetime, demonstrating a keen eye at a time when the impressionists were shocking the public.
Looted ornaments from the Asante empire are held in several European museums.
Victoria & Albert Museum
The current furore over a set of Brett Whiteley paintings has put art fraud back in the headlines. The bad news is that in Australia, the conditions are very favourable for art fakers.
Director of Christiansborg Archaeological Heritage Project, Associate Professor at Africa Institute Sharjah & Associate Graduate Faculty, Rutgers University