Art Forgery Detection (IMAGE)

American Chemical Society

Art Forgery Detection

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The oil painting on the left fluoresces when exposed to ultraviolet light (right), but evidence of signature forgery remained unseen until a new noninvasive imaging technique was used.

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Waldemar Grzesik, Institute for the Study, Restoration and Conservation of Cultural Heritage, Nicolaus Copernicus University

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