ANTWERP – FEBRUARY 1965Jules Dumont had done well over the past five years. His good looks, attire, manner and luxury house spoke of his success. For as well as being a passionate collector and seller of rare books and works of art, he was also the foremost document forger in Belgium.
Passports, work papers, driving licenses, identification cards – all fell within the remit of his craft. Business was thriving and he had the respect, and protection, of the higher echelons of the Belgian underworld. He thought himself untouchable. He knew how to reproduce authentic watermarks and signatures, he knew the difference between the various bonded papers needed for official documentation, the fonts and inks required, and he knew the tricks – had even invented some himself – that were used for phot
