Ceslaw Bojarski
Ceslaw Jan Bojarski | |
|---|---|
| Born | 15 October 1912 |
| Died | 2 May 2003 (aged 90) Saint-Sauveur, Isère, France |
| Occupation | Counterfeiter |
Ceslaw (Czesław) Jan Bojarski, (15 October 1912 – 2 May 2003), was a French Polish-born counterfeiter.
He became famous in the 1960s for his counterfeit of the 100 Francs Bonaparte banknote with an extreme fidelity, which made Le Parisien to call him The Cezanne of the counterfeit money[1][2]
Biography
Ceslaw Bojarski is born on 15 October 1912 in Łańcut in Poland. He studies in the Lviv Polytechnic then at Gdańsk University of Technology where it is said he had a diploma of Engineering and Architect.[1]
Popular culture
His life was the subject of the 2026 French movie L’Affaire Bojarski[3].
References
- ^ a b "Czeslaw Bojarski, « le Cézanne du faux billet », pris la main dans le sac". L'Opinion. 2013-07-25. Retrieved 2026-01-19.
- ^ "'The Cézanne of counterfeiters': New film revives legend of Poland's master forger". tvpworld.com. 2026-01-16. Retrieved 2026-01-31.
- ^ "Qui était Bojarski, le « Cezanne de la fausse monnaie » au cœur d'un biopic au cinéma ?". Beaux Arts Magazine. 2026-01-16. Retrieved 2026-01-19.