Message #1095

[Peter Bentley 彭达理]

Hi Pat

Yes, I am   determined to    find out   who  ( what   group?)  is   doing  this  scam , but I  doubt  if I  personally can ever do anything to  close  him/her/ them   down.

The fact  is that  the  work is    VERY  good ,   certainly  much better  SUPERFICIALLY  than most   tourist-class  bottles
 and   that bottle   fooled  me  ever since  I bought  it  until  George   pointed  out  it was  likely to be  a fake. 

In fact, when  I read  George's   message on the   Forum  I  immediately  thought  BULLSHIT   (excuse  my  French)  and  grabbed the  bottle  to look under  my   magnifying  glass in detail.  Then  I   suddenly  realized  he  might be  correct  and the  more  I  looked  , the  more  I realized that  George was indeed  100%  correct.  But it  took  my  32 x  pocket  magnifiying   glass to    see  the    fuzziness   which  proved  it  was a  fake.  What  tourist carries a    32 x  power  magnifying   glass  with him every day  ?

I will   later  post  some   info  about     canvas  copy-painting  in China  in due  course. It's a  huge  industry

Cheers   Peter  @  HK