Wolfgang Beltracchi
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Birth Date 4 Feb 1952
Place of Birth Höxter, Germany
Personal Name Wolfgang Beltracchi
Wolfgang Beltracchi (born Wolfgang Fischer on 4 February 1951) is a German art forger and artist who has admitted to forging hundreds of paintings in an international art scam netting millions of euros. Beltracchi, together with his wife Helene, sold forgeries of alleged works by famous artists, including Max Ernst, Heinrich Campendonk, Fernand Léger and Kees van Dongen.