Arthur Brand
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first heard Sep 2026
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Sometimes I think I'm the only civilian who's really trying to go out there and try to recover stolen art.
The regular art market is like 70, 80 billion, and part of that is illegally, you know, art theft from museums from private individuals, forgeries, illicit antiquities.
In many countries people dig in the ground, you know, or with a metal detector.
It's quite a big thing and it is not
Surprising because there are a lot of art collectors in the world.
Almost everybody has a painting or a little statue at his home, so it's a big market.
And when there is a big market and a lot of money, and it's not a real science, so it's not that difficult to fake something, you attract a certain kind of people.
And that's who we are fighting.
That shows you who the players are in this field.
It's scary.
They want you and me to believe it's about beauty, but it's not.
It's only about greed.
The bottom line in the art world is money.
But generally said, 30% of all the artworks in the world are fake.
So when we have a lead, the police or myself, it's very hard to prove that they have it in their possession.
You can raid their homes, it's never there.
They don't leave this stone of Egg Och under their bed.
So the problem is if you raid their homes.
Homes, you will not find it and they will burn it.
There have been many examples of pieces that have never come back.
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