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If fine-art scamming is just your speed, "Art and Craft" is for you. The PBS documentary follows the life of Mark Landis, an American painter who's best known for gifting famous works to American art museums for three decades. But here's the twist: Landis forged his donations. The documentary reveals Landis's remarkable knowledge of art history and abundance of technical skills, which undoubtedly helped him as he replicated the works of everyone from René Magritte to Charles M. Schulz. Ultimately, no feasible legal case could be made against Landis, who didn't reap any financial gains from his prolific forging. According to NPR, he would donate pieces to museums for free, even going as far as using aliases to approach curators.