In the past, the treasure appreciation show was a smash hit, and many people took their family heirlooms to the stage to appreciate the treasures.
However, I didn't expect that in the end, it evolved from treasure appreciation to fraud.
In 2009, expert Liu Yan bought a collection of Qianlong's original works for 170,000 yuan, and sold it for another 87 million yuan.
He used his expert credibility to deceive everyone, leaving the connoisseurs on stage in the dark, and later the collectors found out that he had been deceived and took him to court.
So how did this matter last resolved? And what about Liu Yan, an expert?
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Treasure expert turned into fraud expert?
In 2011, Zhu Yun was watching TV at home as usual, when suddenly, an auction news appeared on the screen.
An ancient painting called "Songyang Han Baitu" was sold at auction at a sky-high price of 87.36 million yuan.
This scene shocked him incomparably.
It turned out that just two years ago, Zhu Yun also had a painting with a very similar appearance.
At that time, he consulted Liu Yan, a well-known expert in ancient paintings, with great anticipation, and after repeated inspections, he regretfully told Zhu Yun that although this painting seemed to be made by a famous artist, it was actually just a fake.
Xiao Zhu's dream was shattered in an instant. He had hoped that the painting would be authentic and bring him a windfall.
Just as he was about to take the painting home, he unexpectedly suggested that although the painting was a fake, it still had a lot of collectible value because of the cleverness of the imitation.
So Zhu Yun sold it to him at a low price, who would have thought that two years later, this painting would actually be transformed into a genuine work of Qianlong, and it was sold for a sky-high price of more than 80 million.
Zhu Yun sued Liu Yan to the court in a fit of anger and accused him of fraud, but he didn't expect things to take an unexpected turn at this time.
In addition to the expert Liu Yan, there is also an expert, also named Liu Yan, from Dongguan, who claimed that the expert Liu Yan, who bought the ancient paintings, was a fake and impersonated his identity.
This one directly made everyone cover their heads, but Zhu Yun knew one thing very clearly, that is, he was deceived by the treasure experts.
appeared on the treasure appreciation show and sold 170,000
Once upon a time, treasure appreciation programs were a smash hit on TV.
The ratings of programs such as "Treasure Appraisal" and "Heirloom" have risen one after another, becoming the focus of attention.
Offline, it is difficult for ordinary people to find a trustworthy appraisal agency, and there are only a handful of authoritative appraisal units, and the fees are frighteningly high.
Therefore, when the treasure appreciation programs of major TV stations were launched, they immediately attracted countless excited baby owners.
Instead of spending a lot of money to do an offline appraisal, it is better to try your luck on TV, and maybe you can even get a chance to become famous in 15 minutes!
Zhu Yun of Zhengzhou is one of them.
Zhu Yun's ancestors handed down an ancient painting called "Songyang Han Baitu", according to the old man in the family, this painting came from the Qianlong Emperor.
Legend has it that in the fifteenth year of Qianlong, the 40-year-old Qianlong went out to patrol Songshan Mountain, he came to Songyang Academy, saw the tall Han Bai in the courtyard, and immediately burst out of inspiration, wrote a poem, and personally painted to commemorate it, and also stamped his seal below.
It's a great treasure, and if it's genuine, it's priceless.
You must know that Emperor Qianlong had a good life of calligraphy and painting, and there were many handwritten works, and the authentic works that fell among the people were even more valuable, and many collectors dreamed of finding a Qianlong authentic handiwork.
However, Zhu Yun didn't know the bottom in his heart, how could there be an emperor's handwriting in a grass people's house? Could it be that the ancestors opened the river and blew it blindly?
But their family has always been treated as an heirloom, so they have always kept it well.
Zhu Yun also knew the popularity of treasure appreciation, and he also wanted to try it, just when he was undecided, in 2009, the curtain of "Huayu Gate" was opened on Henan Satellite TV.
Among the guests in this issue, there is a middle-aged man holding "Songyang Han Botu" - it is Zhu Yun himself!
Zhu Yun later came to the show with this calligraphy and painting, if it is genuine, then as an ordinary family, it is really developed.
In the studio carefully arranged by the program team, the lights are shining, the cameras are waiting, and the experts are ready to go.
One treasure connoisseur after another appeared on the stage, and the real ones were delighted, and the fakes were disappointed.
Zhu Yun also boarded the treasure platform, and it was the expert Liu Yan who identified him.
Liu Yan can be said to be a master in the field of ancient painting appraisal, his sharp eyes swept over the paintings, and Zhu Yun's heart also went up and down.
However, in the end, Liu Yan still said that the painting was fake, a fake, and not the real work as Zhu Yun thought.
The moment he heard the appraisal results, Zhu Yun's mood was like a roller coaster, and he fell from the top to the bottom in an instant.
In addition to being sad, he hurriedly thanked Liu Yan and prepared to leave gloomily.
But Liu Yan stopped him at this time, although this painting is fake, it is also fake, if it is sold on the market, it can still be sold.
Hearing that he could still sell for money, Mr. Zhu suddenly came to his senses and hurriedly asked the price.
Liu Yan told him that the market price was about 30,000, which was not a big difference compared with the tens of millions he had expected.
But after thinking about it, lying at home is also lying, it is better to sell it and get tens of thousands.
Just as Mr. Zhu was about to accept the price, Liu Yan said that his friend had a habit of collecting Qianlong calligraphy and paintings, and he could recommend it to him.
These words undoubtedly gave Zhu Yun new hope.
In the next few days, he happily waited for Liu Yan's news, fantasizing that his "baby" could be sold for a sky-high price.
Finally, Liu Yan and Zhu Yun met in private, bringing good news that his friend was willing to pay 120,000 yuan to buy. Mr. Zhu naturally couldn't ask for it, and he couldn't wait to make a deal quickly.
Seeing that Mr. Zhu agreed so quickly, Liu Yan began to lobby between the two sides again, and finally under Liu Yan's discussion, the buyer finally raised the price to 170,000, which was more than 5 times higher than the previous 30,000!
At the moment of the transaction, Zhu Yun was grateful to Liu Yan, and he must have been very happy at that time. Good guy, he made so much money when he met, isn't this Liu Yan a living bodhisattva?
Cultural relics appraisal is a discipline that requires a rigorous attitude and profound knowledge, and as a public figure, it is even more necessary to lead by example and be honest.
Liu Yan, who is known for his profound knowledge, bought Zhu Yun's treasure at a "high price" of 170,000 yuan.
However, what Mr. Zhu never expected was that this decision planted the seeds of regret. What he didn't expect was that this Liu Yan turned out to be a complete liar!
Fakes become genuine
It turned out that two years after the successful transaction, this "Songyang Han Botu" actually reappeared at auction and was finally sold at a sky-high price of 87 million!
When Zhu Yun learned on TV that a painting very similar to the painting he sold "Songyang Han Baitu" was sold at auction for tens of millions of yuan, he could no longer be calm.
All kinds of doubts came to him, and he even began to wonder if he had become a victim of a scam.
But the two paintings look the same, and the names are the same, which makes Zhu Yun not doubt.
In fact, the treasure of co-authoring himself has always been genuine, only 170,000 yuan in his own hands, and it is worth tens of millions in the hands of others?
Angry, Mr. Zhu chose to sue Liu Yan in court to seek justice.
However, what made him even more devastating was yet to come.
Angered and unwilling, Zhu Yun decided to sue Liu Yan and the buyer, claiming that he had been defrauded.
However, during the trial of the case, Zhu Yun found that he could not produce conclusive evidence to prove that the original painting was genuine, and even if Liu Yan and the buyer's actions constituted fraud, there was no conclusive evidence, and they could not be convicted in the end.
The argument was fierce, but in the huge courtroom, Zhu Yun's voice seemed so small and weak.
In the end, due to insufficient evidence, the court rejected Xiao Zhu's claim.
The result of losing the lawsuit made Xiao Zhu feel frustrated.
He had to accept the fact that he would never know the truth about the painting.
This case has become a lingering memory in Xiao Zhu's life.
And this expert Liu Yan was later exposed by others, and his expert identity was fake.
And the person who exposed him was also Liu Yan, who said that Liu Yan in Beijing had impersonated his identity, and his experience information was almost the same as his own.
In this way, it means that Zhu Yun was deceived by a fake expert into his authentic Qianlong calligraphy and painting.
This makes people even more unacceptable, but this expert Liu Yan in Beijing has also fallen to the bottom of his reputation after this incident, and presumably people in the future will keep their eyes open and will not easily go to him to identify treasures.
And this incident also reminds all collectors that in the world of art, it is sometimes difficult to distinguish between the real and the fake.
We need to be cautious about every transaction, not to be easily carried away by profits, and not to rely entirely on the judgment of others.
This is just the story behind a painting, but it reflects the complexity of human nature.
The charm of art is sometimes accompanied by the shadow of deception. Each of us must keep our eyes open, recognize the truth behind this kind of transaction, and don't be easily deceived in the dark, and in the end there is nowhere to go if we want to redress our grievances, and there is no way.
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[2] Comment: Sky-high ancient paintings are sold cheaply, and the law does not become a "bystander"-Chinanews.com
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[4] 170,000 sold Qianlong's imperial pen for 78 million, brother sued expert fraud-Chinanews.com