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Bolton News scoops nationals with forger exclusive |
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Friday, 06 February 2009 |
Jailed for 4 years after fooling the art world with fake masterpieces, Bolton forger, Shaun Greenhalgh had refused to speak to any media.
However, Bolton News’ crime reporter, Paul Keaveny finally got Greenhalgh to open up, although it wasn’t easy.
"We - along with everybody else in the media - had been trying to get Shaun Greenhalgh's side of the story for a long time, but the whole family were very much against speaking to anyone about it," Keaveny told How-Do.
 Princess scam
"He came back quickly with a very polite, 'thanks, but no thanks.'"
Then, the BBC broadcast a docu-drama on the crimes, portraying him as "a very weird outsider."
"I thought he may well want to talk about it and I wrote to him again. This time I wrote a much longer hand-written letter.
"He responded and was clearly stung by the depiction of himself in the BBC2 programme. He criticised the BBC for the character assassination of his family and expressed regret over duping the local council.
"It made a splash and a two page spread.
"It was followed by another splash revealing that the local council was asking the Metropolitan Police, who seized the statue, if it could be loaned to the town to go back on display in the museum.”
The statue in question is the Amarna Princess, which was bought by the Council for £440k and was reputably worth a cool £1m, that’s until it was discovered to be a fake in 2006. Something to add? Then leave a comment below or email us now.
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