Famous Forgery Cases -Mussolini Diaries

In 1957 a mother and daughter team (Amalia, 54, and Rosa Panvini, 86,) were able to produce thirty volumes of what they claimed to be the diaries of former Italian dictator, Benito Mussolini. An expert analyzed the diaries and figured that since such a great number entries they were real. The forgeries were so convincing, the dictator’s son (Virrorio) believed that the diaries were real. Eight years later the diaries were bought by the Sunday Times for $150,000 and were soon declared a fake and the women were arrested and tried.

Italian dictator Benito Mussolini