David Henty

David Henty (born 1958) is a former master forger. His works are renowned for the accuracy and authenticity with which he paints perfect copies of original works by master painters. Henty copies works by Caravaggio, Pablo Picasso, Amadeo Modigliani, Vincent Van Gogh, Jean-Michel Basquiat and others. Many of Henty's forgeries have been sold by art dealers and auction houses as original works and are unknowingly included in many collections around the world. Having painted more copies of LS Lowry's work than Lowry himself, Henty now operates on the right side of the law. His paintings regularly sell for thousands of pounds.

In 2023 Henty provided the inspiration for the art forger character at the centre of Peter James’ novel ''Picture You Dead'' and painted the ‘lost’ work by Jean-Honore Fragonard at the heart of the narrative. ‘Everybody I show the work to is astounded’ James said. ‘He can copy so many artists from Fragonard to Caravaggio. They're just stunning.' Provided by Wikipedia