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A Brazilian conceptual artist swapped a historic British coin for a fake in the British Museum to highlight the large number of foreign objects it holds. Skip to main content.

A Brazilian conceptual artist swapped a historic British coin for a fake in the British Museum to highlight the large number of foreign objects it holds, reported Reuters.Ile Sartuzi said the idea ...

Connor Watson, a spokesperson for the British Museum, agrees that “there’s no issue of theft here,” as he tells the Times. Still, that doesn’t mean the museum is a fan of Sartuzi’s project.

One artist has revealed how he swapped a historic British coin dating back to the 1600s for a fake in what could be the most exciting heist we’ve heard about since Ocean’s Twelve came out.

He asked for an English Civil War-era silver coin because “It is one of the few British things in the British Museum” and then created a diversion while he swapped it for the fake. Mr. Sartuzi told ...

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He asked for an English Civil War-era silver coin because “It is one of the few British things in the British Museum” and then created a diversion while he swapped it for the fake. ...