How to Tell if ACNH Art is Fake

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Currently, there are 43 pieces of art in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, consisting of the statues, classic paintings, and some ancient artifacts to collect. By the way, how to tell if art in Animal Crossing: New Horizons is fake. Well, in the text below, we are going to inform you how to spot a real piece of art from a fake.

How to Tell if Animal Crossing: New Horizons Art is Fake?

All Animal Crossing: New Horizons art is based on the real-world masterworks like da Vinci’s Mona Lisa, Hokusai’s The Great Wave and van Gogh’s The Starry Night. There is a good chance that you are going to recognize at least several of the art on sale. For the ones you do not recognize, we have included details about the real-life art below.

How to Tell if ACNH Art is Fake

So, how to find if ACNH art is fake? To find a forgery is checking the art to see if it fits with its real-world counterpart. Usually, this will involve looking for the differences in a focal point of the painting: Mona Lisa’s eyebrows, the Girl with a Pearl Earring’s pearl earring, and the like. Facial features, colours, clothing, and more might be incorrect. But, there are several paintings for which there is no fake version at all.

In the text below, we are going to share the real and fake art which Jolly Redd sells. Also, we have indicated those pieces of art that have no fake version as well.

    • Academic Painting
      In the top right corner of the fake academic painting, there are coffee stains.
    • Basic Painting
      In the fake basic painting, you are going to see that the boy has heavy and straight-across bangs.
    • Common Painting
      In fact, there is no fake version of the common painting.
    • Detailed Painting
      The flowers are purple in the fake. But, in the real detailed painting, they are blue. Also, there is vertical text and an icon on the left side of the real painting.
    • Dynamic Painting
      In fact, there is no fake version of the dynamic painting.
    • Famous Painting
      The fake Mona Lisa has arched and contoured eyebrows.
    • Flowery Painting
      You will not find a fake version of this flowery painting.
    • Glowing Painting
      Apparently, there is no fake version of the glowing painting.
    • Graceful Painting
      In the real graceful painting, the woman should take up two-thirds of the height. But, in the fake, she is much taller. Also, there is another version of this fake in which she is facing the other way (however she is the same size).
    • Jolly Painting
      In the real jolly painting, you should see that the subject has a leaf coming out of their chest in the bottom right corner.
    • Moody Painting
      Apparently, there is no fake version of the moody painting.
    • Moving Painting
      On the right side of the real moving painting, there are tall trees. But, the fake moving painting is missing the trees.
    • Mysterious Painting
      For your information, there is no fake version of the mysterious painting.
    • Nice Painting
      In fact, there is no fake version of the nice painting.
    • Perfect Painting
      You will not find a fake version of this perfect painting.
    • Quaint Painting
      In the fake quaint painting, there is a solid stream of water coming out of the pitcher. But, the real one is only a trickle.
    • Scary Painting
      The man’s eyebrows are angled down in the fake scary painting, but in the real painting, they are angled up like the letter V.
    • Scenic Painting
      In the fake scenic painting, you are going to see that there is one man in the bottom-left corner. But, in the real painting, there are two men.
    • Serene Painting
      The animal in the fake serene painting will look more like a duck, with dark markings around its eyes and a yellowish snout. However, in the real painting, it is all white.
    • Sinking Painting
      In fact, there is no fake version of the sinking painting.
    • Solemn Painting
      In the fake Solemn painting, the man in the doorway is lifting his arm up in the fake. But, in the genuine solemn painting, the man is holding open a curtain with his arm more perpendicular to the ground.
    • Twinkling Painting
      You will not find a fake version of the twinkling painting.
    • Wild Painting Left Half
      In the real wild painting left half, the creature should be white. However, in the fake wild painting, it is green.
    • Wistful Painting
      In the fake wistful painting, you are going to see that the girl’s earring is a big silver star. Also, the fake wistful painting may appear with her eyes closed and the same star earring.
    • Ancient Statue
      In the fake ancient statue, it has antennae by its head.
    • Beautiful Statue
      In the fake beautiful statue, you are going to see that it is wearing a necklace.
    • Informative Statue
      The fake informative statue is blue, but the real informative statue is a more realistic gray.
    • Mystic Statue
      In the fake mystic statue, it has a dangly earring.
    • Rock-Head Statue
      The fake rock-head statue is smiling.
    • Tremendous Statue
      In the fake tremendous statue, it has a lid. But, the real statue is open with no lid.
    • Valiant Statue
      In the fake Valiant statue, the statue is stepping forward with its left foot. While in the real valiant statue, the statue is stepping forward with its right.
    • Warrior Statue
      The fake warrior statue is holding a shovel. While the warrior statue is holding nothing.

About ACNH Art

Art pieces are the paintings and the sculptures which can be bought from Jolly Redd’s Treasure Trawler and donated to the museum, provided they are not forged. Donating the first piece to the museum is going to allow Blathers to expand the museum that needs one day of construction.

In Animal Crossing: New Horizons, the genuine and forged pieces will look different, enabling the player to signify them before purchasing. For your information, there are 14 pieces which are always genuine, but the majority have a forged version.

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