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William J. Toye
William James Toye (born August 15, 1931) is an art forger in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He paints in styles copied from Paul Gauguin, Pierre-Auguste Renoir and Alfred Sisley; Toye has also copied the style of Claude Monet. Toye, his wife, and Robert E. Lucky, a New Orleans art dealer, were indicted on charges of conspiracy to commit mail fraud in 2010. On June 6, 2011, Toye pleaded guilty to conspiracy to sell counterfeit Clementine Hunter paintings, to misrepresenting the authenticity and origin of the paintings, and to painting the counterfeited Hunter artwork. William and Beryl Toye plead guilty to mail fraud charges in 2011 and were sentenced to two-years probation and ordered to pay $426,393 in restitution to the victims of the fraud. Robert Lucky was also convicted of mail fraud in January 2012 and was sentenced to 25 months in prison.
== "Strange story" ==
Toye's life story is called by ''Garden & Gun'' magazine, a "strange story"〔 and ''The New York Times'' described the "cultish fascination" of the journalists and onlookers who followed Toye's case; Toye is described as having the demeanor of "a cultured professor emeritus".〔 Those who have dealt with him have described him as "charming," "disarming," "eccentric," "totally nuts," and "a con artist." Toye says his profession was designing sets. He also claims to be a conductor, composer, art collector and painter.〔〔
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