It's a fake. (assessing fake art)

Miami, the Marrakesh of the Americas, has become a thriving market for works of art, both real and fraudulent.

Valuable objects have always spawned imitators, and these days, Latin art work is among the most valued. Dealers claim the market is awash with skillful forgeries, some of which confound even the experts. One of the most fascinating--and embarrassing--instances involved the famed Christie's auction house, which unknowingly featured a fake Fernando Botero, the Colombian artist known for his overblown, outrageously rounded figures, on the cover of its Latin American