
Case 10 · Art-world mystery · provenance fraud
The Glass Ledger
Ren Ito · Fenn Glass
A museum is hours from paying €1.8 million for an unseen painting when a lab finds something its provenance cannot explain.
Cruel65–80 min12 questions
Your briefing
Authenticate three separate things: the object, the ownership record and the operator who changed the ledger. A beautiful object can still carry an impossible date.
What this case tests
Apps in the evidence chain
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