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“Sometimes I smoked opium. And I also took LSD - for a while, quite a lot of LSD, in fact. But I never had any bad experiences. I stopped in 1985. I'd had enough, and I don't miss it, either.”

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Wolfgang Beltracchi
Wolfgang Beltracchi

Wolfgang Beltracchi is a German artist known for his forgeries of classical paintings. Born on February 4, 1951, he began forging classical works in the 1980s and became a mystery in the art world. His forgeries were highly valued in the art market, but were later revealed to be fakes. more

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