
The fake Marie Antoinette chair scam that fooled the Château de Versailles and a Qatari prince
Bill Pallot, Paris, November 25, 2021. BERTRAND RINDOFF PETROFF/GETTY IMAGES In 2008, the Guerrand-Hermès family allowed themselves to be tempted by an 18th-century chair stamped Georges Jacob that had once furnished one of Marie-Antoinette's …