Crazy Redd is back in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, and he’s brought his art collection along with him. Jolly Redd’s Treasure Trawler will be making appearances at your island’s secret beach in the coming weeks and months, with changes potentially in the future. If you haven’t bought from Redd before then you might be surprised to hear that he’s not always the most honest salesman. Sure, he means well, but his selection of art is full of fakes and forgeries. If you want to donate them all to the museum, or keep your own collection of authentic art, then you need to know how to spot a fake piece of art in Animal Crossing: New Horizons.
How to Spot a Fake or Forgery
We’ll keep this guide updated with all the available art in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, but since it will take a long time to catalog it all we will also provide general tips for how to spot a fake. Each piece of art in the game, whether it’s a painting or statue will have a real and a fake version available. Whenever Jolly Redd’s Treasure Trawler shows up you won’t know which he has, unless you do some work. For one, if you speak to your villagers they may tell you about accidentally buying a forgery from Redd, which tells you that what he’s offering may not be genuine. Be extra cautious if you hear anyone saying this.
Beyond that, the key to understanding if you are getting a fake or legitimate piece of art is to check the actual ecquivalent in the real world. Each painting or statue in Animal Crossing: New Horizons is based on a real work of art. Fakes have some obvious change made to them, such as missing people or swapped colors. So when you are looking at a piece of art to buy in the game just check here to see the real version and we’ll explain what is different about the fake once we know the answer. So with that said, here’s all the art we know are in the game, or were in previous titles…
Animal Crossing: New Horizons Art Guide – Paintings
| Painting Name | Real Painting | Forgery Difference |
| Academic Painting |  | The forgery has a coffee stain in the top right |
| Amazing Painting |  | The man in black doesn’t have his hat |
| Basic Painting |  | More hair on his forehead |
| Calm Painting |  | Always real, no forgery |
| Common Painting |  | Always real, no forgery |
| Detailed Painting |  | The flowers are purple |
| Dynamic Painting |  | There may be no forgery |
| Famous Painting |  | Her eyebrows are raised |
| Flowery Painting |  | Always real, no forgery |
| Glowing Painting |  | Always real, no forgery |
| Graceful Painting |  | The woman takes up more of the frame, her head should be about halfway down |
| Jolly Painting |  | The plant in the bottom right is missing |
| Moody Painting |  | Always real, no forgery |
| Moving Painting |  | The trees on the right side are missing |
| Mysterious Painting |  | Always real, no forgery |
| Nice Painting |  | Always real, no forgery |
| Perfect Painting |  | Always real, no forgery |
| Proper Painting |  | Always real, no forgery |
| Quaint Painting |  | Much more water is pouring out of the vase |
| Scary Painting |  | The eyebrows are swapped. They should be higher on the outside. |
| Scenic Painting |  | A man and other things are missing from the bottom left |
| Serene Painting |  | The ferret is darker |
| Sinking Painting |  | Always real, no forgery |
| Solemn Painting |  | The man in the back doorway will have his arm raised |
| Twinkling Painting |  | Always real, no forgery |
| Warm Painting |  | Always real, no forgery |
| Wild Painting Left and Right |  | Each half will have the colors swapped. Left should be white and right should be black |
| Wistful Painting |  | The pearly earring is a different shape |
| Worthy Painting |  | Always real, no forgery |
Animal Crossing: New Horizons Art Guide – Statues
| Statue Name | Real Statue | Forgery Difference |
| Ancient Statue |  | It has extra antenna on the ears |
| Beautiful Statue |  | Wearing a necklace |
| Familiar Statue |  | Always real |
| Gallant Statue |  | Holding a book |
| Great Statue |  | Always real |
| Informative Statue |  | The forgery is blue instead of black |
| Motherly Statue |  | The tongue is sticking out |
| Mystic Statue |  | The fake has an earring |
| Robust Statue |  | Wearing a watch |
| Rock-head Statue |  | It will be smiling |
| Tremendous Statue |  | The forgery has a lid |
| Valiant Statue |  | It is mirrored. The left leg from your perspective should be forward |
| Warrior Statue |  | The fake is holding a sword |
