A sentencing hearing for one of several people charged in what's been called a historic case of art fraud is underway in a Thunder Bay, Ont., courtroom. A reporter walks past 'Androgyny' by Norval Morrisseau, right, and 'Tweaker' by Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun during a media tour of the Canadian and Indigenous Art: 1968 to Present at the National Gallery of Canada's contemporary art galleries, in Ottawa, Tuesday, May 2, 2017.
Allegations that an organized group in northern Ontario was creating and selling art under Morrisseau's name – and in his distinctive Woodland School of Art style – began to circulate long before his death in 2007. Police have said more than 1,000 allegedly fake paintings, prints and other artworks have been seized as part of their investigation, and some were sold for tens of thousands of dollars to unsuspecting people.
Despite the art community’s low confidence in the authenticity of Morrisseau's pieces now thanks to the fraud, the family’s work to restore the artist's legacy is paying off. Dingle said paintings that have been validated have quadrupled in price in the last two years.
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