Former art forger Max Brandrett speaks to Insider about his experience and how art forgery works. Max began his journey as a child in a poor Brighton neighborhood and eventually ran away to end up homeless in London. Max says that after he failed to find work, he decided to forge paintings and sell them with the help of an older accomplice he met in Portobello Road. Max tells us he forged over 500 paintings of artists such as Samuel Palmer and Louis Wain which sold in bespoke auctions and galleries making him over $600,000. After being arrested and jailed a few times Max decided to become a Copy Artist rather than a Forger. He has now made a legitimate business out of copying paintings. MORE HOW CRIME WORKS VIDEOS: How Bank Robberies Actually Work | How Crime Works https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhuYiozj2Eg How Money Laundering Actually Works | How Crime Works | Insider https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5FSXCYrlt0 How Diamond Heists Actually Work | How Crime Works | Insider https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Q8vxS0eZVo ------------------------------------------------------ #ArtForgery #HowCrimeWorks #Insider Insider is great journalism about what passionate people actually want to know. That’s everything from news to food, celebrity to science, politics to sports and all the rest. It’s smart. It’s fearless. It’s fun. We push the boundaries of digital storytelling. Our mission is to inform and inspire. Subscribe to our channel and visit us at: https://www.insider.com/ Insider on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/insider/ Insider on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/insider/ Insider on Twitter: https://twitter.com/thisisinsider Insider on Snapchat: https://www.snapchat.com/discover/Insider/4020934530 Movies Insider on Snapchat: https://www.snapchat.com/discover/Movies_Insider/9616609930 Insider on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@insider How Art Forgery Actually Works | How Crime Works