Hopefully no one here purchased from this guy
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Man arrested in Japan for selling fake Miyazaki sketches
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Man arrested in Japan for selling fake Miyazaki sketches
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Re: Man arrested in Japan for selling fake Miyazaki sketches
I thought it was pretty obvious by now that 99.99% of all original artwork attributed to internationally famous artists sold on YJ was fake. You'd have to be pretty clueless to bid on a Miyazaki sketch when the same seller has multiple other sketches for sale that same week from Miyazaki as well.
I read the article and I wonder why it's taken Japanese police over 6 months to arrest this guy when they're citing purchases from October and November 2016. I could have sworn that I've seen these same sketches being sold on YJ, likely from the same seller, just last week.
It would be nice if the police in Japan could crack down on sellers who purposely draw counterfeit artwork to make a quick yen. But clearly, this arrest hasn't convinced those doing this to stop as I've seen several sketches up today that are all bad.
I read the article and I wonder why it's taken Japanese police over 6 months to arrest this guy when they're citing purchases from October and November 2016. I could have sworn that I've seen these same sketches being sold on YJ, likely from the same seller, just last week.
It would be nice if the police in Japan could crack down on sellers who purposely draw counterfeit artwork to make a quick yen. But clearly, this arrest hasn't convinced those doing this to stop as I've seen several sketches up today that are all bad.