Fake or Fortune?
Journalist Fiona Bruce teams up with art expert Philip Mould to investigate the provenance or attribution of notable artworks.
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Series 1
4 episodes
Premiered Jun 19, 2011
Series 2
3 episodes
Premiered Sep 16, 2012
Series 3
4 episodes
Premiered Jan 19, 2014
Series 4
4 episodes
Premiered Jul 5, 2015
Series 5
4 episodes
Premiered Jul 17, 2016
Series 6
3 episodes
Premiered Aug 20, 2017
Series 7
5 episodes
Premiered Aug 12, 2018
Series 8
4 episodes
Premiered Jul 25, 2019
Series 9
4 episodes
Premiered Jul 28, 2021
Series 10
4 episodes
Premiered Aug 23, 2022
Series 11
4 episodes
Premiered Sep 26, 2023
Series 12
4 episodes
Premiered Sep 26, 2024
Series 13
6 episodes
Premiered Jul 21, 2025
Series 14
6 episodes
Premiered Jul 16, 2026
Ep 1Monet
Fiona Bruce and Philip Mould investigate Bords de la Seine à Argenteuil, a riverside landscape believed by its owner to be an unrecognised work by Claude Monet. Scientific examination and provenance research build a compelling case, but the painting must still win acceptance from the authority responsible for Monet’s catalogue.
Ep 2Homer
A watercolour discovered beside a rubbish tip is identified as Children Under a Palm Tree, a lost work by American artist Winslow Homer. As the picture heads toward auction with a substantial valuation, the investigation shifts from attribution to provenance and the difficult question of who legally owns it.
Ep 3Van Meegeren
The team investigates The Procuress, a controversial painting at the Courtauld Institute associated with master forger Han van Meegeren. Technical analysis explores whether it was one of his final works and reveals how he deceived collectors and experts with paintings presented as newly discovered Old Masters.
Ep 4Rembrandt
Philip and researcher Bendor Grosvenor spot a poorly catalogued painting in a South African auction, apparently connected to Rembrandt. Their investigation uncovers a darker history involving Nazi looting, a Jewish art-dealing family and a work once regarded as a German national treasure. Scientific examination then seeks to establish the painting’s true authorship.
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