kolkata renowned artists and sculptors in the city will come together on january 10 to demand punitive action against those responsible for faking tagore paintings for an exhibition held last march more than 50 artists and thousands of citizens are expected to gather at metro channel seeking an end to the cultural scam that has put the state to shame the meet is being organized under the banner of calcutta art forum let all artists intellectuals and kolkatans pray to the government to take active steps and identify the culprits through a proper inquiry those responsible should be exposed and penalized for using public money to exploit tagores works at an ageold government institution said a statement issued by the forum artists like asit paul anil sen rajrishi mukherjee chandan roy and ashok kumar dey will take part in the meet in march 2011 the government college of art and craft had organized an exhibition of 23 tagore paintings a section of artlovers and artists had alleged that many of the works were fake a pil had been filed at calcutta high court asking the archaeological survey of india to analyse the paintings a committee of experts appointed by the asi carried out a scientific and stylistic analysis and concluded that 20 of the 23 paintings were fakes this is an assault on the cultural sensibilities of the people of bengal its also a dangerous trend that has to be curbed we appeal to all rightthinking people to come together and condemn this we also appeal before the court to award an exemplary punishment to those found guilty said debashish dhar a painter and member of the calcutta art forum