Fake or Fortune?
FACTUAL 8PM, BBC1
American couple Kim and Chuck believe the landscape painting they bought at auction near Chicago is actually an original from the influential British artist Alfred Sisley. The artwork would be worth a cool quarter of a million pounds if they can prove it’s genuine – but, as it’s already been turned down by the authentication board, Fiona Bruce and Philip Mould need to unearth new evidence to prove the pretty picture of a French village and river is the real deal. Their investigation takes them to Miami, Germany and Paris as they try to hunt down previous owners and the locations where Sisley was known to paint. But have they done enough to convince the experts this is a genuine work of art? ★★★ JL