There’s also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Han_van_Meegeren, who initially wasn’t trialed for forgery, but for aiding and abetting with the nazis, selling the Vermeer’s he ‘found’ to Hermann Göring.
His defense (facing, potentially, a death penalty) that the painting was a forgery was only believed after he had shown how to paint a ‘Vermeer’.
His defense (facing, potentially, a death penalty) that the painting was a forgery was only believed after he had shown how to paint a ‘Vermeer’.