Manufacturing giant develops revolutionary system to detect counterfeit art

Authentification technology created by German company Bosch could give paintings unique digital fingerprint'

Revolutionary technology invented to identify counterfeit spare parts in the car and aerospace industries has now been adapted to detect counterfeit works of art.

The developers of the optical recognition system" claim they have created tamper-proof digital fingerprints" of paintings and sculptures that could, for example, enable museums to spot - within seconds - whether an original work has been swapped with a fake.