If an art forger is so good

so as to fool so many people, is he as good an artist as the artist he/she forges?

Artful Codgers: How a high-school dropout and his elderly parents fooled the world

Historical antique art is a different thing, I think. It has value due more to its historical importance than its art value. Still, very interesting...

(I love this line from the article: "Playing an addled clergyman in Beyond the Fringe, Alan Bennett put it best: "Life is rather like a tin of sardines ? we're all of us looking for the key."")