Austin Ramzy, Out-Faking the Fakers: Chinese Librarian Proud of Forged Masters. New York Times, July 22, 2015 (blog).
two consecutive paragraphs:
"Xiao Yuan, the author of several books on Chinese art and a former librarian at the Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts, said he came up with the scheme when he began a project to digitize the school’s collection in 2003 and noticed that many originals had been replaced with fakes.
"That was what gave him the inspiration to do it himself, he told the court on Tuesday, according to a video of the proceedings.
My comment: There is no need to read the rest of the NYT report.