Andrew Crowley has received a suspended sentence after attempting to sell four statues to Sotheby's using forged provenance documentation.

Andrew Crowley 因使用偽造的來源證明文件企圖向蘇富比拍賣行出售四座雕像，被判處緩刑。

The legal proceedings centered on the submission of three Cycladic figures and one Anatolian stargazer statuette for valuation. While the defendant maintained that the artifacts were inherited from a paternal ancestor and were not consciously known to be counterfeits, the prosecution focused on the fabrication of supporting documentation. Specifically, Crowley presented invoices purportedly dated 1976, featuring embossed logos and period-appropriate postage. However, forensic analysis established that the printing technology employed in these documents was not developed until 2001, rendering the claimed chronology anachronistic.

本法律程序集中於提交三尊基克拉迪雕像及一座安納托利亞觀星者小雕像進行估價。儘管被告主張該文物是繼承自父親一方的祖先，且並非有意識地知道其為偽作，但檢方將重點放在偽造支持文件的行為上。具體而言，Crowley 提交了據稱日期為 1976 年的發票，上面印有凸字標誌且貼有符合當時年代的郵票。然而，法醫分析證實，這些文件所採用的印刷技術直到 2001 年才開發，使得其聲稱的時間線出現時代錯誤。

Institutional scrutiny by Sotheby's specialists further compromised the defendant's position through the identification of orthographic errors within the supplier's title. Regarding the valuation of the assets, a discrepancy emerged between the prosecution's estimate of £680,000 and the court's determination. Judge Nicholas Rimmer concluded that the higher figure was predicated upon excessive hypotheticals, subsequently adjusting the valuation to £340,000. The court determined that the criminality resided exclusively in the fraudulent representation of the paperwork rather than the possession of the items.

蘇富比專家的機構審查透過識別供應商名稱中的拼字錯誤，進一步削弱了被告的處境。關於資產估值，檢方估計的 68 萬英鎊與法院的裁定之間存在分歧。法官 Nicholas Rimmer 判定較高金額是基於過多假設，隨後將估值調整為 34 萬英鎊。法院認定，犯罪行為僅在於文件上的詐欺陳述，而非持有這些物品本身。

Crowley has been ordered to perform 200 hours of community service and pay £1,630 in costs, in addition to his suspended prison term.

除了緩刑外，Crowley 還被命令執行 200 小時的社區服務並支付 1,630 英鎊的費用。