When Curtis Dowling is not lecturing around the world on art forgery & scams or appearing on television he is hunting out fine art and fine antiques fakes and forgeries in whatever country or strange location that this takes him to. With over 20 years experience in fine art and antiques, Curtis's niche area of fakes and forgeries has seen him in demand to not only authenticate great masters including multi - million pound Picasso's, but also to 'test the market' using many skills learned first hand with master fakers & forgers.

'The response to genuine antiques by a genuine divvy takes a consistent form, often feeling like 'a kind of flu'. When approaching a real antique the divvy often experiences a slight dizziness and clamminess, nausea, an ache in the largest muscles and a sensations akin to those encountered when a patient has hypoglycaemia together with a fast pulse rate. These symptoms diminish within seconds of the divvy's retreat from the antique.'