I adored a piece of art that cost $280,000. So I decided to forge it

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Corrie Aune for BI
If it weren't for the gallery assistant's haughty, dismissive tone, I probably would never have stolen the painting.
To be clear, I'm not normally an art thief. My day jobs are as a civil rights lawyer and a law professor. Visual art is rarely my scene. So when my date…

This story appeared on businessinsider.com, 2025-06-08 08:11:02.
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