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EPISODE · Sep 12, 2025 · 41 MIN

True Lies and Genuine Fakes

from Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford · host Pushkin Industries

In 1998, an art gallery gets a mysterious phone call. The caller claims they have been fooled by a master forger and that many of their prized paintings are fakes. Or are they? This is the story of the life and lies of the notorious Eric Hebborn. What did he do, and what does that teach us about how we can root out deepfakes without undermining our trust in reality? For a full list of sources, see the show notes at timharford.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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