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Discusses IV, or invisible verification, an invisible ink that is the latest weapon in the fight against forgery and counterfeiting of tickets and vouchers in England. Wiggins Teape, manufacturers of the ink and special paper; Comment of Peter Lee, a printing consultant for the Bank of England for 30 years; Patenting of the idea in 1974.

The article focuses on the art forgery scandal involving British painter Tom Keating, who admitted that he had faked his versions of Samuel Palmer's artworks by copying and mending the latter's original paintings in London, England. It states that Keating has sold these visual representations to nameless art dealers and auctioneers, who then turned up in galleries with fancy paintings and flooded the art market in the region. These artworks of Palmer of which Keating has imitated and forged include paintings titled "The Horse Chestnut Tree," "Sepham Barn," and "Shoreham."

The article offers information on various issues related to cultural industry and royalty. It states that Clifford Irving and Edith Irving seemed to be clearly reluctant from getting involved in another legal process after their release from prison for forging the Howard Hughes biography, although divorce appeared as the only way out from their unhappy marriage. It features actress Dominique Sanda, who was the love interest of Robert De Niro in the film "1900," by Bernardo Bertolucci. It says that Sir Alec Guinness will depict Caesar with Genevieve Bujold for the play "Caesar and Cleopatra," by George Bernard Shaw in 1976. Meanwhile, the Sandringham House in Norfolk, England is closed in 1975 for a 550,000 dollars modernization.

The article offers the author's insights on the ticketing problems prevalent at the film showing of a school in London, England. He notes the instances where the paper tickets were lost by children. He examines the scenario where laminated tickets were implemented by the school but the strategy remained futile. Furthermore, he explores the forgery committed by students when star stamps were introduced to students.

The article reports that Nigel Duncan, deputy headteacher at Quintin Kynaston in St John's Wood, London, England, has been accused of forging paperwork to get his children accepted into the Larmenier and Sacred Heart School in West London, England. Duncan allegedly filled in blank baptism forms that he found on the internet and used a fake stamp embossed with a church seal as well as forging a priest's signature. Duncan denies the allegations.

The article reports on the circulation of fake or counterfeited 1-pound coins in England. It relates that according to the British Royal Mint, two percent of £1 coins circulating in the country are fakes, which could result to people's losing confidence in the pound and refusal to accept it as cash. It is noted that the real coin features a profile of Queen Elizabeth II on one side.

The article reports on questions regarding the authenticity of the Armarna Princess, a 3,300-year-old statue from Egypt, purchased by the Bolton Council in England in 2003 due to the arrest of two men on suspicion of forgery. The statue was acquired by the council for $440,000. Curators from the British Museum noted that a Syrian relief had come from a source similar to that of the Armarna Princess statue.

Reports that England's General Teaching Council has found secondary teacher Matthew McArdle guilty of forging medical certificates and misleading Sidney Smith school, in Kingston-upon-Hull, into thinking he had a serious illness. McArdle's falsification of the documents to claim sick pay and cover school absences; Council's decision to suspend McArdle from teaching for a year.

Reports that Elizabeth Morris, a headteacher, was suspended from the Pynes infant and nursery school in Devon, England after signing the name of David Brenton, the chair of governors on a travel claim form. Travel claims committed by Morris; Results of the hearing.

Reports that a medic at Imperial College London in London, England may face disciplinary action after forging the signatures of seven colleagues as authors of a published paper.

John Myatt had painted himself into a corner. The British artist was getting paid more than he'd ever dreamed, as much as $40,000 for one abstract still life. Unfortunately, he wasn't exactly making his own mark. Rather, his canvases bore the signatures of the likes of Chagall, Giacometti and Dubuffet. In 1995 the fraud came to light when John Drewe, the alleged mastermind and partner of Myatt, left his girlfriend and she turned incriminating documents over to authorities. At their 1999 trial both men drew jail time. But Myatt, who was commended by the judge for cooperating with police, emerged from four months in jail as something of a populist hero. At Myatt's first post-prison show, in September, all but three of his 68 'genuine fakes,' as he calls them, were snapped up for prices ranging from $900 to $5,500. 'I like his art,' says Dr. Mark Yardley, 42, who bought a small 'Chagall' for $1,100. 'I wish him well.'

Focuses on the appeal of driver Nigel Rudkin against convictions for creating false records in Essex, England. Role of a senior Vehicle and Operator Services Agency advisor in the case; Background on the case; Reason cited by drivers for driving more than one vehicle within a day.

The article reports on the technology developed by researchers at Warwick Manufacturing Group at the University of Warwick in England which can be used in the fight against counterfeiting. The technology is designed to protect plastic products such as DVDs from counterfeiting. Lead researcher, materials science professor Gordon Smith, says there is increasing interest in anti-counterfeiting technology for plastic products. He adds that they are exploring its use with one company that is plagued by a counterfeit plastic-based safety critical product.