The story of the fake album of Galileo's moon illustrations was a truly fascinating one: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2013/12/16/a-very-rare-book https:/

The story of the fake album of Galileo's moon illustrations was a truly fascinating one: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2013/12/16/a-very-rare-book https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2013/12/16/a-very-rare-bo... and one of my favorite stories of all time, about the theft of the Mona Lisa, similarly may hinge on forgery: https://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/reprints/why_mona_lisa_stolen_1932_06_25/ https://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/reprints/why_mona_lisa_s... Unfortunately you have to page through in this virtual magazine, but it's a great read. Apparently not entirely substantiated though.