AdvertisementCould The Masterpiece Be A Fake? Profit, Revenge And 'The Art Of Forgery'June 23, 2015facebookEmailIn 2010 the Detroit Institute of Arts hosted the exhibit "Fakes, Forgeries, and Mysteries" — about how experts figure out whether artworks are authentic. Above, a painting titled A Female Saint (left) that was once attributed to Italian artist Sandro Botticelli is exhibited alongside The Resurrected Christ (right), a Botticelli painting from around 1480. (AP)