The $50 Million Art Swindle


Genre: Documentaries


Duration: 1x90


Year of Production: 2019


Production Company: Top Hat Productions


Broadcaster: BBC Two


Definition: HD


Rich, reckless and on the run

This feature-length documentary tells the remarkable story of a charlatan New York art dealer named Michel Cohen, who swindled over $50 million from the art establishment in 2001 before going on the run with his wife and two small children.

In 2003, he was found by Interpol in Brazil and was imprisoned in Rio de Janeiro. However, just seven months later, while awaiting extradition to the USA, he escaped from prison and vanished off the face of the earth. Sixteen years later, acclaimed filmmaker Vanessa Engle has managed to track him down and persuade him to tell his extraordinary story, in this highly entertaining crime caper, which is also a rich exploration of greed, motive and morality.

Series 1: 1x90 | HD | 2019