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Fake or Fortune Season 5 Episodes
Season 5 Episode Guide
4 Episodes 2016 - 2016
Episode 1
Freud
Fake or Fortune returns for a fifth series, beginning with one of the most challenging cases the team has ever encountered. Can art detectives Philip Mould and Fiona Bruce prove that a painting of a man in a black cravat is one of the first pictures ever painted by celebrated and controversial British artist Lucian Freud, even though Freud himself denied painting it? London-based designer Jon Turner is eager to prove that a painting he inherited from two friends is in fact an early portrait painted by Freud whilst at art school in 1939. If it's genuine, it could be worth around half a million pounds. But who is the mysterious man in the portrait - and why did Freud deny it was his work? As the team hunt for clues, they are drawn into a world of feuds, rivalries and intrigue. Can those who knew Freud best help unlock the painting's secrets?
Episode 2
Delaroche
The team travel to Scotland to investigate whether a painting bought by Becky Wilson's late husband Neil an art dealer for £500, is indeed a work by Paul Delaroche and a onetime royal treasure of France. If so how did it end up here.
Episode 3
Rodin
Investigation of a family heirloom - a watercolor drawing that may have been done by the famed sculptor Aguste Rodin one of a series he did of Cambodian dancers. They are challenged by a lack of provenance and a preponderance of forgeries
Episode 4
Portraits
The team investigated three portraits attributed to three different artists; Philip Mercier painting of a young woman, Adolph von Menzel painting of a formidable-looking man and Willem de Kooning painting of a child.
