How easy is a Questioned Document Examination? /Updated/

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Kevin Hearn Vs. Joseph B. McLeod and Maslak McLeod Gallery Inc.

/Court File No. CV-12-455650/
 Awaiting Justice Edward M. Morgan's Judgement...

"Shaman Envelopes Soma" 52"x42",

© 1976 Norval Morrisseau /Click on image to Enlarge/
~ Click HERE to view the front of this painting, click HERE to view the inscription on the reverse side of canvas & click HERE for Forensic Report by Dr. Atul K. Singla, proving with DNA certainty that this inscription on the canvas VERSO is a true signature of Norval Morrisseau
Source: Randy Potter Estate Auction, Pickering, Ontario

"Examining signatures for authenticity is "not that easy."

It requires obtaining a genuine signature from the same time period – "and then it's a long process," comparing them using computer programs and such sophisticated tools as a video spectral comparator.

But if it's a forged signature, almost 100 per cent of the time we can detect the forgery." *



Dr. Atul K. Singla of Worldwide Forensic Services Inc. (Toronto, Ontario)



* - Quotation of Dr. Singla from article "Handwriting analysis can change lives" ; By Judy Gerstel Sat., Jan. 19, 2008 "TheStar.com"

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