Based on the biography by: Clifford Irving
Writer: Michael Kalesniko
Director: Michael Kalesniko
Producers: Mike Downey, Sam Taylor, Matthew Justice, Scott Kaplan

Status: In Development

Synopsis: The true life and crimes of Elmyr de Hory, the greatest art forger who ever lived. Born in Budapest in 1906, to a family of rich bankers, de Hory made his way to Paris by way of the Munich Art Academy. The Roaring Twenties finds him in Montparnasse at the peak of its creativity - there he paints and parties, rubbing shoulders with the likes of Gertrude Stein, Hemingway and Picasso. But this artist is not born to live in a garret. Elmyr prefers the Ritz Hotel and Fouquets. He is down to his last franc when a wealthy friend mistakes a sketch of his for a real Picasso and simply must have it. It’s the easiest money he’s ever made. On the proceeds of his new career, Elmyr travels to New York. Posing as the quintessential European gentleman (a species in short supply in post-war New York), within three weeks Elmyr knows anyone who is anyone. When Elmyr teams up in Miami with Fernand le Gros, a fast-talking charmer and borderline psychotic, a masterplan is hatched. The time has come for Elmyr and his dubious friends to become stupidly, fantastically rich. A true story of audacious con artistry and high stakes excess, FAKE! tracks Elmyr de Hory and his partners in crime from Paris to New York to Ibiza as this flamboyant Hungarian refugee dupes the art world into parting with hundreds of millions of dollars.