John Erik Hedemark sold paintings by the artist Werner Jensen, which the police thought were fictional: – These are actually painted by Werner Jensen, he says about the pictures he sells now.
–John Erik Hedemark has continued to paint after he was charged with fraud. The only difference is that he has changed his name.
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Police thought the gallery owner was a fraud. Last autumn, they seized over 200 works of art from John Erik Hedemark.
He had been selling paintings signed “Werner Jensen” for decades, along with a fat and impressive artist CV. But the police thought this artist did not exist. The customers had been cheated. Therefore, they raided the gallery and charged Hedemark with fraud.
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