The Giacometti affair

In 2009 while sculptor Alberto Giacomettis ratings beat records in the art market an affair erupted in Germany revealing the existence of more than a thousand Giacometti counterfeits hidden in a warehouse in Mainz For 10 years two German merchants and a Dutch forger managed to sell hundreds of fake sculptures some of which were even exhibited in museums A German investigator a private detective in Dutch art a French sculpture expert and the forger himself take turns telling us this incredible story as we discover the fascinating and tortured life of Alberto Giacometti