NOVA scienceNOW | A Forgery Is Made | PBS

http://www.pbs.org/novasciencenow Watch step by step as an artist creates a replica of a famous van Gogh painting. Can you tell the genuine article from the forgery? NOVA scienceNOW challenges three teams of computer scientists to the task of telling the real van Gogh from the fake. Tune in July 2 at 9 p.m. on PBS.

A brand new season of NOVA scienceNOW starts Wednesday June 25 at 9pm on PBS. Learn more at: http://www.pbs.org/novasciencenow Funding for NOVA scienceNOW is provided by Pfizer, the National Science Foundation, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, and public television viewers.

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[captainmuon]

It looks completely different!

[loopy77]

so is the density of the wheat field, its flatness, the dark foreground...and the overall scale--although you only notice that because they're side-by-side.

[alex61761]

the sky is darker on the right one than the left

[lasherslaugh]

It wouldn't be hard to tell the difference at all if you know what you're doing. Gotta love the ignorant buyer, but unfortunately when fakes flood the market it's bad news for everyone, however it does keep things interesting.

[littleiceage]

Um...that was a failed attempt as what Orson Welles succeeds to do in

"F for Fake."

She's no Elmyr de Hory!

[308butterfly]

I love the song that plays, what is it???

[LegoHog4001]

the skies are different colours

[adrastea99]

I would have to be there to look at a variety of factors as well as a chemical analysis of the paint and carbon dating.

It is impossible to make a perfect replica, but they don't have to be perfect, just good enough to trick an ignorant buyer.

[tombstonetom]

koryans

[kozcrap]

Strange idea for an episode, but I would like to see how this goes.