Art forgery and fraud--things which have probably been around as long as art has had monetary value--have been in the news a lot. There was another episode in the bust of a forgery ring in New York, and there has been the trial of a Florida pastor convicted for selling fake Damien Hirsts.
Hyperallergic has a short interview with one of the jurors in the Hirst trial, and it's a pretty good read. Especially this sentence: "After this case I get the idea that there is a lot of fake art out there and the value of art has more to do with provenance and how it is proved rather than the piece itself."
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