Masterpiece art forger Ken Perenyi @EG Bizarre and brazen.

4 responses to “Masterpiece art forger Ken Perenyi @EG Bizarre and brazen.”

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   jurvetson

   May 3, 2014 at 4:44 am

   He was the tourist the "found" the painting, and the forger… He has adorned many auction listings… and photos he took of his forgeries:

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   In Memoriam: jerryfi_99

   May 3, 2014 at 6:16 am

   Whoa… that was interesting! I’ll never look at my Monet the same way… 😉

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   bike-R

   May 3, 2014 at 4:45 pm

   60 mins had an ep on this matter and even the at collectors will not part with the fakes stating they have a value even more than the originals,how ARTSY!

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   jurvetson

   May 5, 2014 at 12:29 am

   Strange world. EG asked him to come back on stage the next day to tell the story of how he rescued and adopted a girl who was a religious sex slave in Ghana, and I got a photo of them:

   An amazing story from HuffPo:

   "An episode of 60 Minutes was on, investigating a three-hundred year old tradition of sex slavery in West Africa known as trokosi. The trokosi system is a form of ritual servitude practiced in certain regions of Ghana, Togo and Benin, and involves the delivery of young virgin girls to serve as slaves to a high priest in atonement for a family member’s wrongdoing, or in hope or gratitude for a blessing from the gods.

   Perenyi watched in horrified shock as a seven year old girl was interviewed by Amanpour, who explained that the little girl had been delivered to the priest by her uncle and grandmother in hope that it would cure the uncle of Parkinson ‘s disease… She would be expected to bear the priest’s children, who would themselves be held in servitude to the priest.

   "I just couldn’t sleep that night thinking about this poor little girl," Perenyi said, "I truly, truly just sympathized with her and having her life destroyed. . . . And I always felt so lucky that some very powerful people in my life took an interest in me, for no reason, and helped me. I never forgot that. . . And I thought, I don’t care what sacrifice I’ve got to make, I don’t care what I have to do. I’m getting her out of there and I’m going to change her life."

   Once there, Perenyi was stripped naked, purified with a beating of branches from a eucalyptus tree, and introduced to the high priest who demanded pills for his alcoholism, a case of good whiskey and ten thousand dollars. A series of negotiations ensued, as Perenyi arranged for an invasion of guerillas wielding AK-47’s if need be, before the priest agreed to Perenyi’s demands. There would be no "buying" the little girl’s safety, Perenyi insisted — she would be released, and there would be no trouble."

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