bluesplayer
05-15-2008, 02:41 PM
What a great tv show that was . An old age pensioner and his son conning all the hoity toity art experts of the world into thinking they were looking at and eventually buying rare pieces of art , sculptures etc . All made in a little garden shed with tools bought from B&Q . Eventually the scam was revealed but not after they made almost £1.000.000 .
But the best bit was just prior to the trial George (84) started to use a wheelchair , so whilst still been found guilty he was allowed to go free because no prison could look after him .
He had even at the very end conned the Judge too :lol: I just wish i lived next door to him .......... "That 54 Gold top Art ,............ its ready !"
http://www.channel4.com/culture/microsites/C/cutting_edge/artful_codgers/index.html
But the best bit was just prior to the trial George (84) started to use a wheelchair , so whilst still been found guilty he was allowed to go free because no prison could look after him .
He had even at the very end conned the Judge too :lol: I just wish i lived next door to him .......... "That 54 Gold top Art ,............ its ready !"
http://www.channel4.com/culture/microsites/C/cutting_edge/artful_codgers/index.html