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There Are No Fakes

A dozen or morelegitimate Canadian galleries, some of them top flightgalleries, were...

A dozen or more
legitimate Canadian galleries, some of them top flight
galleries, were carrying them

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A dozen or more legitimate Canadian galleries,
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some of them top flight galleries, were carrying them.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
31
Timestamp in Movie
00:29:31
Uploaded
Jun 11, 2025
Genres
documentary, biography, crime
Production
N/A

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Movie Summary

A painting, apparently the work of an iconic Native artist, leads the rockstar who buys it into the tragic, brutal world of an art forgery ring in Canada's far north.
A dozen or more galleries, quote gallery-- eBay channels. - There Are No Fakes 00:06
A dozen or more galleries, quote gallery-- eBay channels.
Some people contacted me, hassled me for being quiet about it, uh, - There Are No Fakes 00:09
Some people contacted me, hassled me for being quiet about...
Why won't you stand up for your friend?" - There Are No Fakes 00:09
Why won't you stand up for your friend?"
And then, I proceeded to upload more than a thousand images - There Are No Fakes 00:08
And then, I proceeded to upload more than a thousand images
Inferior, counterfeit Morrisseau painting number one. - There Are No Fakes 00:06
Inferior, counterfeit Morrisseau painting number one.
Number two. Number three. Number four. - There Are No Fakes 00:04
Number two. Number three. Number four.
Like I'm gonna set up a website and call Picasso's work fake? - There Are No Fakes 00:05
Like I'm gonna set up a website and call Picasso's...
I-- I just thought it was a joke and nobody would take it seriously, and I was wrong. - There Are No Fakes 00:07
I-- I just thought it was a joke and nobody would take it se...
All the art dealers were saying, "Oh, Joe, you gotta do something." - There Are No Fakes 00:16
All the art dealers were saying, "Oh, Joe, you gotta...
And this Joe Otavnik, even though I had the seventeen- million-dollar lawsuit, - There Are No Fakes 00:06
And this Joe Otavnik, even though I had the seventeen- milli...
My family came from nothing, from a little country called Slovenia, - There Are No Fakes 00:10
My family came from nothing, from a little country called Sl...
He has no connection with the art world, he said he was a risk management specialist. - There Are No Fakes 00:05
He has no connection with the art world, he said he was a ri...
But I also diversified into generators and combined heat and power systems. - There Are No Fakes 00:06
But I also diversified into generators and combined heat and...
He claims under oath that he has more than fifty Morrisseau paintings. - There Are No Fakes 00:05
He claims under oath that he has more than fifty Morrisseau ...
Young Thunderbird, exoskeleton style. Come on, I'll show you some more. - There Are No Fakes 00:06
Young Thunderbird, exoskeleton style. Come on, I'll sho...
I have probably around 35 Norval Morrisseau paintings. - There Are No Fakes 00:05
I have probably around 35 Norval Morrisseau paintings.
This is your typical Norval Morrisseau style too. - There Are No Fakes 00:05
This is your typical Norval Morrisseau style too.
There's the bird protecting the nest from the evil snake. - There Are No Fakes 00:04
There's the bird protecting the nest from the evil snak...
He gives all these paintings away to family and friends to be used as tax benefits. - There Are No Fakes 00:06
He gives all these paintings away to family and friends to b...
I just, uh, bought, it could be a K-mark special, for all I know. - There Are No Fakes 00:05
I just, uh, bought, it could be a K-mark special, for all I ...