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May 5, 2025

How to create a false provenance for a forgery, IKEA-style satirical instruction manual from ChatGPT

Here's a satirical IKEA-style instruction guide for assembling a false provenance for a forged artwork. It’s entirely fictional and intended to educate through humor—exposing how shady art dealings might look if they came with assembly instructions. (author: ChatGPT4o)


🖼️ FAKEVÄRDE

False Provenance Kit – Discreetly elevate your garage painting to gallery prestige!

📦 Contents:

  • 1x Faded Auction Catalogue (pre-yellowed)

  • 3x Invented Collectors (with vaguely European surnames)

  • 1x Retired Art Historian (missing credentials)

  • 2x “Private Collection, Switzerland” Labels

  • 1x Forged Gallery Sticker

  • 1x Typewriter (w/ misaligned keys for “authenticity”)

  • 1x Bottle of Coffee (for artificial aging)