Once upon a time there was young man, who lived by the sea in a northern county; he was a keen collector/aficionado of a certain art form. The young man’s father was very rich and this allowed him to build his collection in a way many others were unable to do. The young man was able to further enhance, his already extensive collection, via contacts he made in a foreign land. These contacts had been cultivated via his early membership of the art forms’ appreciation society.
Eventually his collection became a definitive reference point for the art form. Soon our young art form pioneer was sharing his collection with likeminded individuals who shared his love of these old masterpieces. He continued to share his collection with fans exhibiting regularly, sometimes three or four times per weekend. He and His followers started to scour a great land to the west in search of even more esoteric examples of this increasingly popular phenomenon. Within 5 years galleries were evident in many areas of the country, and some of the fans had become exhibitors in their own right.
However the supply of original masters started to dry up and the young man fell from favour especially as some of his former fans were producing exhibitions that were superior to his. After a period in the wilderness, the young man decided to re-enter what he considered to be HIS original art form. He did this by contacting artists, originally involved with the art form, and commissioning new works in a more contemporary form. Unfortunately his former followers were unimpressed by his efforts as they were not in the correct format and did not fit into the originals only ethos of the art form.
The young man then decided to commission works made using the same materials, formats and styles as the much loved original art form. One of these was discovered to be a fake, not a genuine original as was claimed. This led to suspicion about the voracity of other recently discovered masterpieces.
I think that sums it up dont you Chalky ?
Without naming names or bringing any legal issues.