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| | Forgery (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02) |
 | | Incendentally, an old art book published in 1957, "Art of the Philippines 1521-1957", shows the said painting as a color foldout, one possible source for the amateur forger (if the fake was really done in 1965) to work on. |
 | | The Art Association of the Philippines, on its part, has drafted a position paper addressed to the Senate, when it briefly deliberated on bills that would have made art forgery a specific crime. |
 | | In addition, tougher penalties for forgery were recommended, such as a maximum fine of P500,000 ($11,627) and imprisonment; payment of damages to the artist and his/her heirs; and to impound and (most significantly) destroy the forgery. |
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