The work, known as Salmon Life Giving Spawn, was recently hanging at the Ontario Legislature building and had characteristics investigators say link it to one of the Norval Morrisseau art fraud rings.
Gary Lamont had pleaded guilty to forgery and defrauding the public above $5,000 for signing artist Norval Morrisseau’s name to fraudulent works of art.
Five of the eight accused in the Norval Morrisseau art fraud ring made a brief court appearance in Thunder Bay; criminal organization charges are expected to be withdrawn next month
Eight people, including five from Thunder Bay, have been charged in connection with a fraud ring alleged to have created over 1,000 fake works purporting to be by famed artist Norval Morrisseau.