The Great Art Fraud

The Great Art Fraud

20254.0/10
Documentary

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Lies, forgeries, manipulation - and fraud worth $86 million. How Inigo Philbrick deceived the super rich of the art world - and ended up going from paradise to prison.

Production

BBC Studios

Language

EN

Status

Returning Series

First Aired

August 27, 2025

Last Aired

August 28, 2025

Networks

BBC Two

Where to Watch
Region US · Lang EN
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Seasons & Episodes
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Season
Episode 1
E1
Episode 1
Air date: 2025-08-27
Inigo Philbrick is an overnight sensation, selling artworks to the world’s richest collectors in a booming market. He has a reality TV star girlfriend, and he spends millions on private jets and parties. But there is a dark secret behind his success - he has created one of the biggest art frauds in history. When it comes crashing down, he must choose: face justice or disappear?
Episode 2
E2
Episode 2
Air date: 2025-08-28
Inigo Philbrick and girlfriend Victoria vanish without a trace. As his victims realise they have been conned, the FBI begins a global manhunt. Finally captured in the south Pacific, Philbrick faces justice in a New York courtroom, where the full extent of his $86 million scam is revealed. Prison puts an end to his life as an art dealer, but now free, he hopes to make a comeback.

Cast

Inigo Philbrick

Self

Victoria Baker-Harber

Self

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