The Man Who (Almost) Got Away with a $20 Million Art Fraud

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Sony Music

True Crime, Tv & Film, Society & Culture

4.8 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 11 September 2023

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

For years, Helge Achenbach has been among the world’s most successful art dealers. But with one treacherous move, he lands in prison. In Season 6 of Chameleon: Gallery of Lies, host Bijan Stephen sets out on the international trail of the most famous criminal you’ve never heard of. With unprecedented access to an ex-con, Bijan attempts to solve the riddle of who Helge really is—and who he might become. Subscribe now to unlock all shows on The Binge and you’ll be the first to access Chameleon: Gallery of Lies as soon as it drops on September 1st. A Campside Media & Sony Music Entertainment Production. Find out more about The Binge and other podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts and follow us @sonypodcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi listeners, I'm Bijan Steven, and I wanted to jump in here to tell you about the most
0:05.1	famous criminal you've never heard of.
0:07.8	In the new season of Camillean, I'll take you deep inside the secretive world of high
0:11.8	end art.
0:12.8	We'll be following a man named Helga Achenbach, who was once one of the most powerful
0:17.8	art dealers in the world.
0:20.4	That means he was so successful at finding and selling paintings by artists like Pablo
0:24.7	Picasso and Andy Warhol that he owned seven homes and 30 classic cars.
0:30.6	That is, until he ripped off the wrong guy, a man named Bertold Albrecht, the heir to
0:36.3	the Aldi supermarket fortune.
0:38.7	I spent a few nights on a remote island with Helga, and many more talking to the people
0:42.6	who knew him best.
0:44.0	I got to know him pretty well, I think.
0:46.2	And by the end of the season, you'll know him too.
0:50.2	Camillean is the hit podcast series known for cracking the case of an international manhunt.
0:55.4	It follows larger than life characters through the true stories that made them, well, larger
1:00.2	than life.
1:01.2	I'm your host, Bijan Steven, and I want to invite you to join us on our journey to get to
1:06.7	know Helga Achenbach, a man who flew too close to the sun.
1:11.6	That's on this season of Camillean, Gallery of Lies.
1:17.2	Here's a clip just for you from the new season.
1:19.7	If you like what you hear, be sure to add Camillean Gallery of Lies to your weekly listening.
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