this head came from robin symes and was on sale in new york and the december auction the it's involved to own this home. uh, and that was sold over the counter and then you, you can take store if you're teaching level move on to that one was an immunity collection told to him in 2015 lean on was a professor at the university of holla and also keeping a close eye on antiquities that came onto the market, each listed for a considerable sum, screwed up class prices, da says around a 1000000 by whitening they own on the months research often took him to switzerland and important center of our trade. the city of bozza was then home to coast of leon and our dealer, an archaeologist, with over 40 years of experience who had sold many antiquities to international museums. in 2015 leon decided to do something unusual for an art dealer that he opened up to us about what he was seeing at international options. this in the past, it's only a few of these pieces, a genuine ink for let's go through them quickly. right. this is a fake, as we'll see how blurry it is. no scope through in antiquity was l

robin symes, the among them is a bronze sculpture depicting the ancient macedonian ruler, alexander the great, the peace is su, spectacular. did it seem destined to go on display at the acropolis? but there's a problem archaeologist think it's a fake the archaeologist stuff on lima and has spent the last 20 years researching fake antiquities. we 1st met him in 2015 when he was still working at the university of holler in germany. here he was just finalizing a catalogue listing suspicious bronzes for publication. the artworks had come from austin, houses, galleries, and art dealer's many had been laundered onto the market by robin symes, the art dealer authorities also sees the alexander bust from lima and believes the bronzes are forgeries, the works of an expert, forger or forgers known in art circles as the spanish master. their identity remains a mystery to this day. the spanish master often makes bronze is of ancient rulers, like emperor augustus. their faces are covered in a convincing path now and so well preserved. it's almost a miracle. follow so much the note number, the kind o

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