Jean-Pierre Schecroun (17 January 1929, Madagascar - 17 July 1991, Paris) was a French painter and art forger who made forgeries of work of modern masters, including Picasso and Braque.[1]
Schecroun was arrested for forgery in 1962. At the time he had made eight forgeries in two years and earned around £25,000. He claimed that his intention was to expose the credulity of the art dealers who refused to buy his own work but paid large sums for his forgeries.