The international art world is rife with forgery, fraud and misappropriation - which makes for some fascinating reading.

This article, from Portfolio.com is about the fall from grace of renowned New York art dealer Larry Salander.

It’s a fascinatingly gossipy account involving former tennis star John McEnroe and the actor Robert De Niro, among others.

Read it right HERE.

VoCA happened to notice that this sculpture - credited as “A crucified Christ, on display at the new Salander-O’Reilly Galleries” on Artnet.com:

Image: artnet.com

Looks suspiciously like this sculpture - of which the CBC wrote “A life-sized Crucifixion sculpture by 17th-century Italian master Gian Lorenzo Bernini has been donated to the Art Gallery of Ontario.”

Image: cbc.ca

We guess that the family of real estate developer and AGO board member Murray Frum, who donated the work to the Art Gallery of Ontario, purchased it from Mr. Salander.

In a related story, an international group of high-end counterfeiters were caught last week. The group was selling “limited edition” art mostly on eBay, including work by Salvador Dali and Marc Chagall.

An FBI agent moves a counterfeit Salvador Dali on Wednesday inChicago. Image: chicagotribune.com

Read the Guardian article HERE.