A fraudster who attempted to sell bogus ancient statues to a popular auctioneer was foiled when his fake accompanying paperwork was found to be written with printing methods that were 25 years too modern.
Andrew Crowley, 46, of Longwell Green, Gloucestershire, asked Sotheby’s to value three Cycladic figures and one Anatolian stargazer statuette that he had inherited from his grandfather, Southwark Crown Court heard on Friday.
