The artful dodger

GREAT BRITISH FAKE OFF: Inigo Philbrick offers a fascinating insight into his downfall from high life

- BY SARA WALLIS

THIS is the outrageous real-life story of an American former art dealer who conned the industry out of millions until the house of cards came crashing down.

Inigo Philbrick was a young sensation of the art world, who cashed in by selling art to the world’s richest collectors.

Arrogant, charming, smart, he believed he could do no wrong.

He explains: “Money was literally shooting out of the ground around me.”