Wolfgang Beltracchi

Personal information

Known for: Acting
Known credits: 9
Gender: Male
Born: February 4, 1952
Place of birth: Höxter, Germany

Biography

Wolfgang Beltracchi (born Wolfgang Fischer on 4 February 1951) is a German art forger and artist who has admitted to forging hundreds of paintings in an international art scam netting millions of euros. Beltracchi, together with his wife Helene, sold forgeries of alleged works by famous artists, including Max Ernst, Heinrich Campendonk, Fernand Léger and Kees van Dongen.