They sell her fake paintings and an exotic snake; when Cindy learns the truth she spares them police involvement.

Here and there, torches, fake paintings, suits of armor and the like were painted on the walls.

The fake painting will be the ticket to a new design for living for three poor, fiercely neurotic 20-somethings.

"We have not ever deliberately attempted to sell or sold a fake painting," he said.

According to Hebborn himself, he had sold thousands of fake paintings, drawings and sculptures.

"We are here this morning to destroy a fake painting," announced Mott, moments before picking up a very large knife.

The fake paintings are so well done that even the experts were unsure of their authenticity.

Now he is an art dealer who sells paintings, authentic and fake alike, at extraordinary prices.

He is not someone who just earns money by selling fake paintings.

In particular, the suit alleges that the gallery, using the Internet name "sambuca914," sold 23 fake paintings at prices from $700 to more than $10,000.