Fake or Fortune?: Season 6, Episode 4

6 - 4: Episode 4

The Fake or Fortune team investigate their first piece of sculpture as they try and prove that a strikingly abstract piece of plaster is a missing work by Alberto Giacometti, one of the world's greatest sculptors.

Twentieth century sculptures are a hot property in the art market, with Giacometti's Pointing Man figure selling for $141m at auction in New York in 2015, making it the most expensive sculpture ever sold.

Could a stark white square of plaster that has been passed down through an English family with art world connections be one of Giacometti's earliest and most daring works?