Thunder Bay man pleads guilty to 2 charges in Norval Morrisseau art fraud investigation
One of eight people charged in the Norval Morrisseau art forgery case pleaded guilty to two charges Monday in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice in Thunder Bay, Ont.
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![Norval Morrisseau, shown with one of his earlier paintings at a Vancouver gallery on May 11, 1987, was a renowned artist from the Ojibway Bingwi Neyaashi Anishinaabek First Nation in northwestern Ontario. He died in 2007. Police in Ontario have been investigation apparent forgery of his art for years. On Friday, it was announced that eight people have been charged 1,000 paintings were seized. Man beside artwork](https://i.cbc.ca/1.6767533.1677873578!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/norval-morrisseau.jpg)
One of eight people charged in the Norval Morrisseau art forgery case pleaded guilty to two charges Monday in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice in Thunder Bay, Ont.