‘Max the Forger’ Specialized in Faking Famous Art | Fakes, Frauds & Scammers

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For 40 years ‘Max the Forger’ specialised in faking the world’s most expensive art and selling it for a fortune. In this episode of Fakes, Frauds & Scammers, he tells us how he made his paintings look like famous antiques.
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@VICE 3 года назад

In the next episode we interview Vincenzo Pipino, who stole gold, art and jewels worth millions and shared his profits with the poor: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-MJH7WkfCyco.html

@tompeecock3815 3 года назад

Is there a full length documentary about Max?

@baylorben6188 2 года назад

instablaster.

@martinabrandrett6062 2 года назад

We need more on max

@messyshein 3 года назад

We basically need an hour long episode about him!!!

@danbrumana3 3 года назад

There's a movie on Netflix about Wolfgang Beltracchi (The Art of Forgery). He was pretty much doing the same thing on even bigger scales...

@chocmilkshake24 2 года назад

Account name “KRN TV” did one. You can find it on RU-vid

@KatJ3st Год назад

Check out Shaun Atwood's channel

@curtisrobinson7962 Год назад

This ended way too quick.

@LoachClown 3 года назад

Imagine interviewing one of the most interesting people on the planet and giving him 7 minutes of air.

@maxbrandrett5858 2 года назад

max Brandrett thanks for all the messages. Just Going to knock out a master piece before lunch tomorrow. Max

@justmadeit2 3 года назад

Aside from the forgery side of things, he's a talented artist, self taught I'm guessing?

@rjgivens9931 3 года назад

Fedora Eagle that doesn’t make any sense. We’re talking about art here. How could there be holes in something that isn’t yet whole?

@jayciani 3 года назад

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-xgCxyAKlcA4.html

@nicolash.aguiar3791 3 года назад

Nobody that's good at art wastes time at art school 😂

@angelaarmes2824 3 года назад

He should've been a professional art restorer.

@justmadeit2 3 года назад

@@angelaarmes2824 Yes true! I do paintings for a hobby, if anyone wants to check them out in the ' Playlist' part of my channel on here. Look for the folder titled 'My Art, Poems and creative stuff'

@karencalderon1761 3 года назад

He did it for himself He liked it He was good at it He was alive

@BassDudeHD 3 года назад

Iykyk

@Andrew-my1cp 3 года назад

Say my name!

@karencalderon1761 3 года назад

@@Andrew-my1cp You're Heisenberg

@Andrew-my1cp 3 года назад

@Kate it's a Breaking Bad reference.

@irvingsalas5252 3 года назад

Cornball lol

@MitchellRudoll 3 года назад

If they can’t tell the difference, is he really guilty or is he just gifted?

@samanthavanscoder9536 3 года назад

both?

@WinterReflections 3 года назад

One could call that grift itself a work of art, social commentary on the "high art" world and the people who perform their "passion" for art by flaunting their wealth.

@goose4186 3 года назад

Both, gifted enough to copy it from memory. Guilty enough by not imagining the picture from scratch.

@noesunyoutuber7680 3 года назад

Forgery isn't really a crime because it isn't producing good art, it's a crime because the art market is all about prestige. The fact that a painting is 200 years old or was painted by some legendary artist is what's making it worth millions, far more than the quality of the painting itself. Even if he perfectly recreates the painting, it's being sold under the false pretense that it's the original, that it was painted by some famous artist many years ago. So it's a scam, whether or not it's fair to think of art like that.

@conantheseptuagenarian3824 3 года назад

where'd you learn ethics? a yeshiva?

@ayanmajumder5535 3 года назад

Movie : Forger Director: Guy Ritchie Max: Gary Oldman Need:Now

@ComptonAssBenny 3 года назад

Hotel: Trivago

@marianparker-reed8460 3 года назад

Join The Max Brandrett Appreciation Society on Facebook to find out his exciting new venture!

@the_even_toed_ungulate. 3 года назад

Rubbish comment from a street shitter... Priceless

@michelesantolini4342 2 года назад

You described perfection

@Calinay 3 года назад

For anyone who finds this guy interesting: Check out Wolfgang Beltracchi. German painter who did something similar for 35 years - painted about 300 paintings in the styles of over 100 different artists, made millions and was eventually caught for using a wrong pigment of white. Very impressive as well. I think he once said that about 200 paintings of his are still out there, in museums and so on.

@Mr-Flo 3 года назад

Blindi he created new ones in the style of the artist. Best man

@davielawrence3773 3 года назад

@Blindi he never did replicates. He painted pictures, artists like Van Gogh or Botticelli could have painted (same style, techniques, pigments) and even made up a backstory how those paintings were passed on in his family and staged pictures with his wife. It's a really interesting story 😊

@IQzminus2 3 года назад

Yeah most forgers just make original paintings that fit right in with an artist at a certain point in their career. The subject, technique, materials, palette, etc is spot on for the artist X when they were like 37 years old and living in Y. And usually they go after something that isn’t going to be high risk. You have more reason to look out for forgeries while buying a typical landscape painting from a artist that is known for making loads and loads of landscapes, and it’s relatively valuable but not something that is particularly sought after from that artist, than say buying something super well known like the Mona Lisa. Most forgers go after something that won’t raise too much attention. Just ‘oh it’s another artist X painting of flowers’. So they crate something where everything about it just screams out that it was made by that artist, and it matches the fake signature. They want to go after things where they get away with it almost every single time. Not just the biggest score from a single painting they possible could pull off but there is a 80% risk of someone discovering it’s fake.

@EricSonVlogs 3 года назад

Dang... imagine some rich guy just has the original paintings of those fakes in his house... or in some abandoned basement... possibilities are endless

@Calinay 3 года назад

@@EricSonVlogs no! that was his thing, he didnt replicate anything! everything he painted is original, he just replicated/forged the signatures (except you mean the original lost paintings, bc sometimes he painted artworks that were on a list of the original artists painting, but never surfaced, like Campendonk's Red Picture with Horses)

@louisshakeshaft8001 3 года назад

Only 7 minutes for this😭, you could make a whole hour long documentary on this guy if not more

@marianparker-reed8460 3 года назад

Or a series

@marianparker-reed8460 3 года назад

Or a series

@Serjo777 3 года назад

Or a series

@Serjo777 3 года назад

Or a series

@InsaneRhino 3 года назад

or a series

@chickenwings273 3 года назад

He has lived 8 lifetimes worth of experience

@chriscreaturo8809 3 года назад

love how he catches himself “well I guess I went off the rails slightly” ahahaha

@LogsMaggot 3 года назад

"I like that bit"

@dgnz7628 3 года назад

What a story telling talent! I could listen to him all day.

@zigzag4273 3 года назад

3:20 "You know that picture is only a week old, and it's dated 1790."

@khalilholmes3814 3 года назад

🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂goat

@khethukuthulambonambi6728 3 года назад

That one got me as well

@nightinterludes1126 3 года назад

Lmao

@maximyles 3 года назад

Irony is, I bet you in 90 years time people will pay good money for the paintings of Max The Forger. Make this man into a legend and it’ll certainly become true.

@xivallora8834 3 года назад

He's quite the character! Would like to know more about the story... Cheers

@misbahchowdhury7887 3 года назад

Need Guy Ritchie to make a movie about this guy.

@nanofan100 3 года назад

Exactly my thoughts hahaha

@whywelovefilm7079 3 года назад

He’s a thief and liar. Stop glamorizing his lifestyle...

@LordDirus007 3 года назад

Yeah that Cockney accent is thick asf

@rektorpwr2006 3 года назад

Matthew McConaughey should play him :D

@spindext 3 года назад

I'd like to see a Guy Ritchie film without guns. I think that would be a lot more fun to watch.

@gizmogoose.2486 3 года назад

A real masterpiece, or an identical copy done in 1969....it's still an amazing painting. There must be rational people somewhere in the world who collect *"perfect* fakes" !!!

@rudrapratappaul867 3 года назад

Welcome to the lovers of perfect fakes club

@Bighomiehobbs 3 года назад

Yeap

@michaeljaquez4737 3 года назад

There is but you have to call them replicas by law

@devonjames9883 3 года назад

have you seen Exit Through the Gift Shop? people like the idea of a desirable painting, not paintings that are well done.

@MrTheevilmage 3 года назад

I'd have him paint me a fake...

@crappymeal 3 года назад

He must know loads about the technical aspects of painting, surely the experts talk to this bloke

@marianparker-reed8460 3 года назад

He does

@luisfelipe6368 3 года назад

That's why he's clearly rich nowadays. Probably a consultant for the wealthy art collectors.

@Suigotae 3 года назад

We needed this interview 3 months ago when lockdown started. We had plenty of free time for new “hobbies” 😅

@cocainecowboy_ 3 года назад

lockdown is basically still on

@KC_G4S 3 года назад

Vice returning to its roots!! Hell yeah, this video was sick

@kitakeaman 3 года назад

We need a documentary on this lad.

@reviewandbrew6360 3 года назад

You should watch 'F is for Fake' a docudrama about another art forger

@martinabrandrett6062 3 года назад

A book in September :-)

@Inazarab 3 года назад

I would have loved a whole hour-long piece about him.

@cetanacetana8265 8 месяцев назад

agree.. would have also enjoyed to hear more about him working in the circus as a kid

@hunterstreet6263 3 года назад

Is it just me or does it feel like almost every old guy from the 40s -50s talks about how they worked in the circus before

@khalilholmes3814 3 года назад

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@Samrod 3 года назад

Yeah and they keep talking about a frog kid. You ever seen a frog kid before?

@maxbrandrett5858 3 года назад

I can tell you sir I indeed worked the circus!

@swamp-yankee 3 года назад

Round my area they all milked cows.

@rainbowflavoredcat 3 года назад

How is him doing the paintings that well any less impressive than the original?! If anything I think it's moreso..he can do so many artists styles. True talent

@noor-rx1ij 2 года назад

It's not less impressive. The "problem" is that art collectors want art done by specific artists because of pure hype. It's not about the quality of the work, sadly.

@LordOfAllVikings 3 года назад

I love his voice. I could listen to him tell stories for hours

@hillsbrampton3730 3 года назад

Now that's a cheeky laugh at the end mate!

@rudrapratappaul867 3 года назад

I was thinking the same

@foxtailedcritter 3 года назад

Absolute brillant, kind conman. Only scammed the rich and was non violence plus he had talent at art. Good on him.

@TLSjacob 3 года назад

We need a longer episode on this guys life

@lisdon324 9 месяцев назад

he literally came into where i work yesterday and now i’ve learnt so much about him 😂 he seems genuinely like a lovely guy

@Casey5693 3 года назад

Can we get a full-length documentary series of Max telling us his life story?

@juancarloscuaocastellanos8813 2 года назад

4:04 He met the Kray brothers and impress them with his talent. You're a national treasure, sir.

@masarothgames 3 года назад

Minus the fact that he was painting forgeries he is truly a brilliant painter.

@SERGIO-cr6uy 2 года назад

This guy needs a movie of his life. He's unfreakinbelievable!

@stackered 3 года назад

If I were rich, I would commission him to make exact replicas of a whole gallery of the greatest works of art in history, with his signature on them. Just for shits and giggles

@daphne10120 3 года назад

This man is incredible! I could listen to him tell his story all day! Honestly I’d pay a lot of money to have him paint me something. Just incredible

@RyanPowerhouse 3 года назад

This guy deserves a Netflix special

@DMWBN3 3 года назад

Lived in Brighton all my life and my pals an artist and sure I've met this fella, think I've even got a painting of Saddlers Wells of his on my wall.

@konzeptwerks6710 3 года назад

Aside from the "adventures", above all, he's a Superb Painter, a Great Artist!

@SabinaEngland 3 года назад

Ok... that's actually pretty badass lol

@zeppelinrules1077 День назад

Watched this a few times now and my favorite part is that he remembers all the names of those elephant's he looked after ❤

@lususlove 3 года назад

These are the types of videos that need to be longer.

@lordcezar5072 3 года назад

A true creative from heart , much respect

@lizziesangi1602 3 года назад

This man is magnificent ! I LOVE him. I want one of his works He's as talented as ANY esteemed painter - his paintings as valuable as any museum piece.

@Maddoxxx 3 года назад

I myself an antique dealer but there's nothing more sophisticated from fake paintings especially the one that's been done by master forger.

@user-pt1cz4ot1e 3 года назад

I’d love to buy an original from him. What a brilliant talent.

@johnjohnson3709 8 месяцев назад

You know he’s got to be a great painter and to have an original piece that’s not a forgery.

@zydian_ 3 года назад

If I had to picture myself a master forger my mind wouln't be able to come up with a better character then the one in this video. Just perfect

@leebumble 3 года назад

Very charismatic guy, it's not the first documentary of him out there.

@TheJames1842 3 года назад

Interesting Video ! Thanks for shining light upon people most of us would of never heard of.

@victorwelkin9136 3 года назад

Beautiful work!

@dannyager2994 3 года назад

AWESOME CLIP MAX, Can't Belive you were kipping with the camels, at the circus love it!!! I have to say this man aside from the Dodgy buissness, he is "Art" to his bones, I have been painting for over 35 years and remember we used to paint in the lanes back in the nineties, he was always generous with his talent, knowledge and gift showing me as a young artist how I could improve, Just a couple of tricks here and there changed my game for life..... A true master painter, Just great he is being recognised finally for the huge Mass of work he has painted by whoever signed, it don't matter he done it for 45 years Long live Max Brandrett 🙏🙏🙏

@marianparker-reed8460 3 года назад

Well said !

@marianparker-reed8460 3 года назад

Well said

@alpineflauge909 3 года назад

classic. thank you. the story with the krays was fvcking epic!

@jackmiller1209 3 года назад

This man is so awesome! Great video!

@georgefoord7240 3 года назад

Please a hour long episode!

@summerlaverdure 3 года назад

this dude is the BEST omg please more

@jeansandjumper 3 года назад

Would have liked an hour episode on this guy

@tristenbest 3 года назад

Make a full doc about him. Extremely interesting

@te9591 3 года назад

This guy is a character.

@Bulltardwin 8 месяцев назад

This guy is not only a great artist but also a great storyteller

@bravemise 3 года назад

I got a lot of respect for this guy. Genius hustle he had going

@warbledurbler7905 3 года назад

If this guy can recreate masterpieces and create original masterpieces, isn't he more talented than the original master?

@lucywright7877 3 года назад

Unexpectedly brilliant

@pdngang533 2 года назад

Im truly interested to learn more about that guy! Wow

@aphysique 3 года назад

Bad ass artist, no matter what! True artist

@Renegade30 3 года назад

I want to see a whole doco on this guy, he's brilliant

@paintriarchdave7977 3 года назад

I've had the FBI at my apartment and it's honestly the greatest compliment I've ever had as a private artist.

@katlynklassen809 3 года назад

The world needs more like this.

@Brokendreamz. 3 года назад

Super interesting!!

@klaus7312 3 года назад

Man i could listen to this guy all day long.

@thestrays815 3 года назад

Great content Vice

@ronansmith16 3 года назад

This would be an amazing film. What an awesome story!!

@ndimitri48 3 года назад

I could listen to this bloke talk all day

@rahmatseptian3902 3 года назад

I really love to hear more from this guy

@keith1689 3 года назад

Such stories...his grandkids are probably in awe whenever they visit him

@nathanminchin507 Год назад

This story, a man warms my heart 💙🇬🇧

@rileybarringer9823 3 года назад

This guy is probably the coolest guy ive ever seen

@bigsmoke5219 3 года назад

This is why I love Vice. Thank you

@mexicopor6818 2 года назад

He's got awesome stories. Great video. Greetings from Mexico

@jordanhilton1815 2 года назад

Amazing story amazing 👏❤

@TwoGlockAMG 3 года назад

He’s like a older version of Austin Powers🕺🏽☮️

@famlife4383 3 года назад

😂

@thomaswright4074 11 месяцев назад

Definitely needs a film about this bloke, legend 😂👍🏼

@mslondonlove1435 3 года назад

Vice these are the videos I love 😁

@siphious2911 3 года назад

Tattoo guy 45 minutes, Man who was raised by elephants self-taught master painter/forger and millionare who met with famous gangster Ronnie Kray 7 minutes