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When is a Whiteley not a Whiteley..?

A current court case in Melbourne explores a crime as old as art itself

21 March 2015

9:00 AM

21 March 2015

9:00 AM

In the 1966 film How to Steal a Million, Audrey Hepburn stars as Nicole, the wide-eyed daughter of unabashed crook Charles Bonnet. Bonnet occupies himself with forging famous works of art by Van Gogh and the French Impressionists, which are then sold for a considerable sum to self-professed sophisticates with more money than sense.

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