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Infra-Red Viewer Foils Art Fakers Say Hours
New York report credits Madeleine Hours of the Louvre with outlining how radiographic methods reveal false cracks and signatures. Ultra violet and infrared rays expose forger copies, with Paris leading in documentation and standards. The Metropolitan Museum's new infra-red direct viewer, based on a sniper scope from a military device, aids investigation.
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