0:00:02 > 0:00:07Welcome to a world where nothing is quite as it seems.
0:00:07 > 0:00:09Welcome to Fake Britain.
0:00:21 > 0:00:25- Get down! Get down! - Hands behind your back, now!
0:00:25 > 0:00:29In this series, I'm going to be investigating the world of the criminals
0:00:29 > 0:00:31who make their money at your expense.
0:00:31 > 0:00:34And I'm going to be showing YOU how NOT to get ripped off.
0:00:36 > 0:00:40On today's programme, the Federation Against Copyright Theft
0:00:40 > 0:00:45team up with police to raid a Chinese DVD factory in South London.
0:00:45 > 0:00:48This is £100,000 a week criminal profit.
0:00:48 > 0:00:54We tell the tale of the forger cashing in on some of Cornwall's greatest artists.
0:00:54 > 0:00:56They really wanted a genuine painting by my father
0:00:56 > 0:01:00and what they got were outright fakes.
0:01:00 > 0:01:03And we reveal the lethal toys entering Britain.
0:01:03 > 0:01:05That, in the back of a child's throat, would kill them.
0:01:05 > 0:01:09It was very hard to actually sit down and explain to them
0:01:09 > 0:01:12why they couldn't have these Christmas presents.
0:01:21 > 0:01:24It's a cold winter's morning in south London, and the Met Police's Tactical Support Group
0:01:24 > 0:01:26are getting ready for action.
0:01:26 > 0:01:31They're set for a raid on a suspected counterfeit DVD factory.
0:01:31 > 0:01:35And it's thought there could be up to 18 illegal Chinese immigrants working inside.
0:01:36 > 0:01:41Joining them are officials from the Federation Against Copyright Theft.
0:01:41 > 0:01:44We're with the Met Police. We're looking at six addresses today
0:01:44 > 0:01:48that are involved in counterfeiting, money laundering
0:01:48 > 0:01:51and exploitation of individuals as well.
0:01:51 > 0:01:54The signal's given, and they're off.
0:01:54 > 0:01:56SIRENS WAIL
0:01:56 > 0:01:58The vans race across London.
0:02:01 > 0:02:06These are precisely coordinated raids on a series of addresses across the area,
0:02:06 > 0:02:11so arriving at each one at just the right time is crucial.
0:02:16 > 0:02:19- Police!- Police!- Aaaah!
0:02:21 > 0:02:25As officers arrive at the property, someone sees a van drive off,
0:02:25 > 0:02:28and a group of the officers take off in pursuit.
0:02:32 > 0:02:34- Did you see that white van?- Yeah.
0:02:34 > 0:02:37Do you want to chuck a couple in with me, and I'll go hunt it?
0:02:41 > 0:02:46Despite the suspicious van, there's no sign of anyone at the property.
0:02:46 > 0:02:49The kitchen area. Living area.
0:02:49 > 0:02:51It may SEEM like a normal flat,
0:02:51 > 0:02:55but upstairs there is something remarkable.
0:02:55 > 0:02:59Firstly into this room, and you'll see the reproduction factory there
0:02:59 > 0:03:03with the multiple burners, computers, and printer.
0:03:03 > 0:03:05It's a huge find for the team.
0:03:05 > 0:03:09In terms of what's in the boxes, what's in the machines in front of you,
0:03:09 > 0:03:11and then what's on the shelves behind you and in the next rooms...
0:03:11 > 0:03:15There is clearly pornographic material here, and in the neighbouring rooms
0:03:15 > 0:03:19you will also see what would be the normal Hollywood movies.
0:03:19 > 0:03:24Each title's got a number so they can easily identify what needs to be burned more of,
0:03:24 > 0:03:26or what needs to be ordered. You can see, actually,
0:03:26 > 0:03:28if you look here, you've got some very recent titles.
0:03:28 > 0:03:32Twilight: Breaking Dawn, Part One. Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy,
0:03:32 > 0:03:36which is nominated for loads of awards as well. Big British movie.
0:03:36 > 0:03:40The Inbetweeners movie, which has been a huge hit.
0:03:40 > 0:03:45And then on the other shelves here, you've got everything else you can think of.
0:03:45 > 0:03:49You've got comedy stuff as well, you've got children's titles here.
0:03:49 > 0:03:53They're all pirated copies, none of these are here legitimately.
0:03:53 > 0:03:56I actually did a quick calculation based on the number of burners in this room here.
0:03:56 > 0:04:01There are eight of these towers here, operating.
0:04:01 > 0:04:05I think there's 12 trays that they can burn off on each of these towers. That's 96.
0:04:05 > 0:04:09If you guesstimate they're running these 12 hours a day,
0:04:09 > 0:04:12they're making thousands and thousands of these a week,
0:04:12 > 0:04:15so just this set-up alone here,
0:04:15 > 0:04:20the estimated profit from this would be about £100,000 a week.
0:04:20 > 0:04:23THIS is a £100,000 a week criminal profit.
0:04:24 > 0:04:29It has been a successful operation for Eddy, Nick and the whole team.
0:04:29 > 0:04:33The van got away, but 12 suspects were arrested at other addresses.
0:04:33 > 0:04:36Across the area, the entire operation
0:04:36 > 0:04:38has seen 50,000 DVDS seized,
0:04:38 > 0:04:45and equipment capable of generating profits of £300,000 per week.
0:04:45 > 0:04:48This is a crime scene, so this will be forensicated.
0:04:48 > 0:04:52We will be retrieving all the material from here.
0:04:52 > 0:04:56We will submit a number of items for laboratory testing
0:04:56 > 0:04:58so we can prove evidentially
0:04:58 > 0:05:03what DVDs came from what machine, and just where they were supplied to,
0:05:03 > 0:05:06cos this won't just be supplied to this local area.
0:05:06 > 0:05:10These could be going across London and across the country, as well.
0:05:17 > 0:05:20Toys have some of the strictest guidelines of any product.
0:05:20 > 0:05:25Like most young boys, Jack and Tom Crossland are crazy about them.
0:05:33 > 0:05:36In Christmas 2010, they asked their mum, Lorraine,
0:05:36 > 0:05:39for some new Ben 10 figures. Little did they know
0:05:39 > 0:05:44their Christmas presents that year were to prove potentially fatal.
0:05:44 > 0:05:51They'd specifically said they wanted a couple of Ben 10 figures, plus some of the baddies.
0:05:51 > 0:05:55Busy at work, Lorraine did what many of us do nowadays.
0:05:55 > 0:06:01She went online, and found a lady on an auction site selling everything she wanted.
0:06:01 > 0:06:03The feedback was positive from people,
0:06:03 > 0:06:08all of the pictures were positive, I got responses to my e-mails.
0:06:08 > 0:06:12So Lorraine went ahead and bought the toys.
0:06:12 > 0:06:14It was just under £200.
0:06:14 > 0:06:17So it wasn't just a couple of stocking fillers.
0:06:17 > 0:06:21To her delight, the toys arrived just two days later.
0:06:21 > 0:06:23But there was a problem.
0:06:23 > 0:06:27I opened the box just to check the toys out,
0:06:27 > 0:06:30and instantly, as soon as I saw the toys...
0:06:30 > 0:06:35It was the colour of the box, it was the toys inside. They didn't look right.
0:06:35 > 0:06:40So I ended up getting everything out the box, just literally so fast,
0:06:40 > 0:06:44having a look, and that was instantly where my heart sank
0:06:44 > 0:06:47and I thought, "No, I've been had."
0:06:47 > 0:06:50The toys were fakes.
0:06:50 > 0:06:54Cheap imitations of the authentic ones pictured on the website.
0:06:54 > 0:06:57Lorraine went back online to contact the seller.
0:06:57 > 0:07:00But she had already been taken off the site.
0:07:00 > 0:07:04So she decided to contact her local Trading Standards.
0:07:04 > 0:07:09Caroline North is head of the Unfair And Rogue Trading team at Leicestershire County Council.
0:07:09 > 0:07:12This is one of the items that Mrs Crossland bought.
0:07:12 > 0:07:16This is quite a flimsy... Quite flimsy, cheap cardboard packaging.
0:07:16 > 0:07:18It's starting to come away quite easily.
0:07:18 > 0:07:22She examined them and found clear signs that they were fake.
0:07:22 > 0:07:27On this one, they're describing the on/off button as a "NO OFF" button.
0:07:27 > 0:07:31Caroline decided to get the toys scientifically tested.
0:07:31 > 0:07:33There's a lot of legislation in this country in place -
0:07:33 > 0:07:36toy safety legislation, British standards,
0:07:36 > 0:07:39European standards - covering the safety of toys.
0:07:39 > 0:07:40We knew they were fake,
0:07:40 > 0:07:44but what we wanted to see was, were these also dangerous toys?
0:07:47 > 0:07:51Caroline sent the toys to a specialist lab in neighbouring Staffordshire.
0:07:51 > 0:07:55Simon Cull is one of the experts who tested them.
0:07:55 > 0:08:00Simon is looking for the presence of phthalates - substances banned in toys
0:08:00 > 0:08:04except in very small quantities, under strict EU rules.
0:08:04 > 0:08:09They can cause hormone deficiencies, particularly in young boys like Jack and Tom,
0:08:09 > 0:08:12as well as a whole host of other problems.
0:08:12 > 0:08:17They can cause skin irritations, they can cause respiratory problems, breathing difficulties.
0:08:17 > 0:08:21Some of the more nasty ones can actually impair fertility
0:08:21 > 0:08:24and potentially harm an unborn child, as well.
0:08:24 > 0:08:29First, Simon must test for PVC. This has to be present in the toys
0:08:29 > 0:08:32for any phthalates in there to be harmful.
0:08:32 > 0:08:36If there's any PVC there, which has got chlorides in, this will go nice and green.
0:08:40 > 0:08:43Now we've confirmed that, we'll go ahead and look for phthalates
0:08:43 > 0:08:46to see if they're in that plastic at all.
0:08:46 > 0:08:51Simon completed the tests, and what he found surprised him and his team.
0:08:53 > 0:08:55This particular phthalate is benzyl butyl phthalate,
0:08:55 > 0:08:59which is the primary phthalate that we've found in this particular sample.
0:08:59 > 0:09:01We tend not to find them. When we do, it's...
0:09:01 > 0:09:06I wouldn't say it's a rarity, but it shows up like a sore thumb, really.
0:09:07 > 0:09:12There are actually two or three different types of phthalates in this material,
0:09:12 > 0:09:15but this is the primary one that we are failing the sample on.
0:09:15 > 0:09:20This is going to be 50 to 60 times greater than the legal limit for this particular compound.
0:09:20 > 0:09:25That's a lot more than we'd anticipate in a typical sample.
0:09:25 > 0:09:2950 times greater than the legal limit! This is alarming.
0:09:29 > 0:09:34Simon and the team also found high levels of heavy metals in the toys -
0:09:34 > 0:09:39arsenic, cadmium and lead, way above the permitted levels.
0:09:39 > 0:09:41The results were passed back to Caroline
0:09:41 > 0:09:43at Leicestershire's Rogue Trading team.
0:09:43 > 0:09:46On this occasion, Mrs Crossland didn't give these toys to her children,
0:09:46 > 0:09:49because we sent them off for testing.
0:09:49 > 0:09:51Had she given those toys to her children to play with,
0:09:51 > 0:09:55then the children would have been firstly at risk from the phthalates.
0:09:55 > 0:10:00It could have affected their hormone levels. That could have had an effect on them, quite seriously.
0:10:00 > 0:10:02Also, there was the heavy metals in there.
0:10:02 > 0:10:05They wouldn't pose an immediate risk to their children's health.
0:10:05 > 0:10:10However, long term, a build-up of heavy metals would lead to very long-term health risks,
0:10:10 > 0:10:13and you are talking, there, things like potentially cancers.
0:10:13 > 0:10:14You sit just there, then.
0:10:14 > 0:10:18When Trading Standards told me what was in the toys,
0:10:18 > 0:10:20I was very, very shocked.
0:10:20 > 0:10:23I just couldn't believe that there are people out there
0:10:23 > 0:10:29that will do anything possible to deceive people just to get money.
0:10:29 > 0:10:33Because of the dodgy toys, the boys went without presents that Christmas.
0:10:33 > 0:10:38Last Christmas was sad, because we didn't get any presents.
0:10:39 > 0:10:43When I explained to them that the items that I'd brought
0:10:43 > 0:10:46weren't real, and they were dangerous,
0:10:46 > 0:10:50and I explained it all to them, they were still upset,
0:10:50 > 0:10:55but they were very good, and said, "Well, we don't want them if they're dangerous."
0:10:55 > 0:10:59There is no doubt Tom and Jack had a lucky escape.
0:11:04 > 0:11:08It can be very difficult to spot a fake painting.
0:11:08 > 0:11:10Experts look on the back as well as the front for clues.
0:11:10 > 0:11:16But sometimes, it takes an extraordinary coincidence to catch out the fakers.
0:11:16 > 0:11:19I sit on a rock and look out over the sea,
0:11:19 > 0:11:24and I think that I am aware of everything that's ever moved.
0:11:24 > 0:11:27Jack Pender spent his life painting the Cornish coastline.
0:11:27 > 0:11:30He never dreamed of people forging his work.
0:11:30 > 0:11:33But 10 years after his death, all that was about to change.
0:11:33 > 0:11:39Lot number 979, various rummers.
0:11:39 > 0:11:42In 2009, Penzance auctioneer David Lays
0:11:42 > 0:11:48received two Jack Pender paintings to be valued and sold.
0:11:48 > 0:11:49HAMMER TAPS
0:11:49 > 0:11:53The first I can remember quite clearly is coming into the office
0:11:53 > 0:11:57and being told with a degree of excitement
0:11:57 > 0:12:00that two nice Jack Pender paintings had been sent to us for sale.
0:12:00 > 0:12:02David had been a close friend of the artist's,
0:12:02 > 0:12:05and looked forward to examining the work of his old mate.
0:12:05 > 0:12:09But there was something strange about the pictures.
0:12:09 > 0:12:12I saw two Jack Pender paintings of a good size,
0:12:12 > 0:12:17good subject matter, they had all the elements that the buyers were wanting,
0:12:17 > 0:12:21but there was something that just niggled me a little bit,
0:12:21 > 0:12:24something about them that was a little odd.
0:12:24 > 0:12:27And with hindsight, it would have been the colouring.
0:12:27 > 0:12:32Jack's colours tend to be quite muted greys, blacks, whites.
0:12:32 > 0:12:34Not bright, harsh colours.
0:12:34 > 0:12:38And these paintings had some pretty angry colours in them.
0:12:38 > 0:12:41David went online and saw that paintings like this
0:12:41 > 0:12:45had been cropping up at auction houses around the country.
0:12:45 > 0:12:50I saw that curiously composed,
0:12:50 > 0:12:52curiously coloured paintings
0:12:52 > 0:12:57had been appearing in the provinces at auction in pairs.
0:12:57 > 0:13:01And, well, really, I twigged just straight away that these were fakes.
0:13:02 > 0:13:05David contacted Jack's son, Robin,
0:13:05 > 0:13:07who lives in the neighbouring town of Truro.
0:13:07 > 0:13:14This one's one of my favourites. It's a painting done in the very early '50s
0:13:14 > 0:13:17of my grandfather and my father's brother.
0:13:17 > 0:13:22All the typical elements in his work, the cottages, the village, the boats.
0:13:22 > 0:13:26Robin grew up with his dad's work and knows it inside out.
0:13:26 > 0:13:29We spent a lot of time in Dad's studio as children.
0:13:29 > 0:13:32And he'd be working on a big easel,
0:13:32 > 0:13:35we would be there painting on a little board, you know, next to Dad
0:13:35 > 0:13:37and we would just be emulating him, really.
0:13:37 > 0:13:40He painted from the soul, if you like,
0:13:40 > 0:13:43I mean, it was what he really wanted to do.
0:13:43 > 0:13:47Robin met with David Lays, who showed him the fake paintings.
0:13:47 > 0:13:50The first thing that struck me was that I hadn't seen them before.
0:13:50 > 0:13:52They are kind of going through the motions
0:13:52 > 0:13:54trying to re-create a Jack Pender.
0:13:54 > 0:13:58So they've got the basic ingredients. They've got the bits of the harbours,
0:13:58 > 0:14:03the bits of the boats, the texture of the sea, things like this,
0:14:03 > 0:14:06but they're done in a much more superficial way.
0:14:06 > 0:14:11When I first showed Robin the paintings, he was incensed, as was I.
0:14:11 > 0:14:15We could just see that the public was being duped,
0:14:15 > 0:14:22that this man was sullying Jack's name, harming his reputation.
0:14:22 > 0:14:26And that incensed me and it incensed Robin.
0:14:27 > 0:14:31The man who sold the paintings to David was Rizvan Rahman,
0:14:31 > 0:14:33a former art teacher from Leicester.
0:14:33 > 0:14:38When Robin and David contacted the police, the case was referred to Leicestershire Constabulary.
0:14:38 > 0:14:43These are actually the first two paintings that Mr Rahman
0:14:43 > 0:14:46attempted to sell through David Lay auctioneers.
0:14:46 > 0:14:48Jason Helm took on the investigation.
0:14:48 > 0:14:54As I contacted one gallery or auction house to see if they'd had any dealings with Mr Rahman,
0:14:54 > 0:14:59usually they had, and they tended to put me on to another,
0:14:59 > 0:15:02so one enquiry led to another.
0:15:02 > 0:15:06Jason set about retrieving all the alleged Pender paintings Rahman sold.
0:15:06 > 0:15:10Michael Villaneau is a retired stockbroker from London.
0:15:10 > 0:15:14He's a keen art collector and has a love of nautical pictures.
0:15:14 > 0:15:18In particular, he's a huge fan of Jack Pender.
0:15:18 > 0:15:20This was the first Jack Pender that I bought.
0:15:20 > 0:15:24I bought it in 1994 at an auction in Penzance.
0:15:24 > 0:15:28For him, Pender's work has a special quality.
0:15:28 > 0:15:32His colours, the composition, they are distinctive paintings.
0:15:32 > 0:15:36I mean, I think you see a Jack Pender and you know it's immediately a Jack Pender.
0:15:36 > 0:15:40Michael's ability to spot a Pender was about to be tested.
0:15:40 > 0:15:45Keen to expand his collection, Michael had noticed one of Jack's paintings for sale
0:15:45 > 0:15:48in an auction house in Surrey, and decided to bid for it online.
0:15:48 > 0:15:50I put a lowish bid in, I thought,
0:15:50 > 0:15:54and was a little bit surprised when I actually bought the picture.
0:15:54 > 0:16:01I ended up paying, I think, £1,100 plus about £250 commission, so £1,350.
0:16:01 > 0:16:06When Michael and his wife went to collect the picture, they were rather disappointed.
0:16:06 > 0:16:08As soon as we saw it, my wife and I,
0:16:08 > 0:16:12we both decided that there was something not quite right about it.
0:16:12 > 0:16:15The colours didn't seem to be quite right.
0:16:15 > 0:16:17They weren't very appealing, to be honest.
0:16:17 > 0:16:20It was Jack Pender-ish, but it didn't really have any charm.
0:16:20 > 0:16:22We both looked at the painting and thought,
0:16:22 > 0:16:26this is not a particularly nice Jack Pender.
0:16:26 > 0:16:29Michael was right to be suspicious about the work.
0:16:29 > 0:16:31It was another painting sold by Rizvan Rahman.
0:16:31 > 0:16:37Not long after he bought it, Michael received a call from Leicestershire Police.
0:16:37 > 0:16:39Jason Helm phoned up and basically said
0:16:39 > 0:16:44that he had reason to believe that I had bought a picture that was a forgery.
0:16:44 > 0:16:47I must admit I was surprised, but in a way relieved,
0:16:47 > 0:16:50because it was a picture we didn't particularly like,
0:16:50 > 0:16:52and we had spent quite a bit of money on it.
0:16:52 > 0:16:54Jason came and collected the picture.
0:16:54 > 0:16:57Michael managed to get a full refund from the auction house.
0:16:57 > 0:17:03In total, Jason tracked down 11 Jack Pender paintings sold by Rizvan Rahman.
0:17:03 > 0:17:07To confirm they were fakes, he travelled to Cornwall
0:17:07 > 0:17:10to show them to Robin Pender, the artist's son.
0:17:10 > 0:17:14When Jason and his colleague came down to interview me
0:17:14 > 0:17:16and to go through the works,
0:17:16 > 0:17:19that really was quite an extraordinary morning
0:17:19 > 0:17:21because I came back from work
0:17:21 > 0:17:24and they had a estate car absolutely full of paintings.
0:17:24 > 0:17:29We brought them into the house and it was quite a strange feeling
0:17:29 > 0:17:32bringing these alien works into the house,
0:17:32 > 0:17:39to see, one after the other, blatant forgery of my father's paintings.
0:17:39 > 0:17:41The colours were subtly different
0:17:41 > 0:17:45from the colours that Dad would naturally use. I knew Dad's palette.
0:17:45 > 0:17:47There would be some, sort of,
0:17:47 > 0:17:50more garish greens, yellows, purples in them.
0:17:50 > 0:17:53Seeing all the forgeries together in one place
0:17:53 > 0:17:56invoked a strong reaction in Robin.
0:17:56 > 0:18:00You go from surprise, curiosity into, you know, anger, determination.
0:18:00 > 0:18:06I felt very sorry for the people who'd been taken in by these works.
0:18:06 > 0:18:09They really wanted a genuine painting by my father,
0:18:09 > 0:18:12and what they got were outright fakes.
0:18:12 > 0:18:15Robin can only imagine his dad's reaction,
0:18:15 > 0:18:17but it wouldn't have been pleasant.
0:18:17 > 0:18:21If he'd met Rizvan Rahman he would have probably punched him on the nose.
0:18:21 > 0:18:26I mean, he was that sort. He was fairly determined,
0:18:26 > 0:18:29and I don't think he would've been amused.
0:18:29 > 0:18:33But the case didn't stop there. Jason discovered it wasn't just Pender's paintings
0:18:33 > 0:18:35that Rizvan Rahman was selling.
0:18:35 > 0:18:39Rahman had been selling fake works by a whole host of artists.
0:18:39 > 0:18:43Most were from the St Ives group from Cornwall.
0:18:43 > 0:18:47This one is a painting by the artist Wilhelmina Barns-Graham
0:18:47 > 0:18:50that Mr Rahman sold.
0:18:50 > 0:18:53I think that sold for 13 or £14,000.
0:18:53 > 0:18:57This painting sold to a gallery in London for £20,000.
0:18:57 > 0:19:01It was time for Jason to pay the former art teacher a visit.
0:19:01 > 0:19:05When I arrested Mr Rahman and we searched his premises,
0:19:05 > 0:19:09I recovered quite a few paintings that I believed to be fake.
0:19:09 > 0:19:12I recovered one or two invoices
0:19:12 > 0:19:15which also proved that they were fake.
0:19:15 > 0:19:20We recovered a couple of books - The Art Forger's Handbook and The Confessions Of An Art Forger.
0:19:20 > 0:19:26On October 12th 2011, Rizvan Rahman was sentenced to 18 months in jail
0:19:26 > 0:19:29for fraudulently selling paintings by multiple artists.
0:19:29 > 0:19:33He had made £170,000 from sales of fakes.
0:19:33 > 0:19:37However, he HAD already paid back some of the money.
0:19:37 > 0:19:41At the end of an investigation, after you've put so much hard work and time into it,
0:19:41 > 0:19:44it's always good to get a positive result,
0:19:44 > 0:19:46and to see the person you've investigated convicted.
0:19:46 > 0:19:50I was very happy with that, and that justice was done.
0:19:50 > 0:19:53Selling at 20.
0:19:53 > 0:19:58But had Rahman not tried to sell his fake paintings to the artist's friend, David Lays,
0:19:58 > 0:20:00he may never have been caught.
0:20:00 > 0:20:02Yes, he was unlucky, I think.
0:20:02 > 0:20:06He wasn't to know that I had the odd scotch with Jack Pender,
0:20:06 > 0:20:10and that I knew his son well and was very familiar with Jack's paintings.
0:20:10 > 0:20:13If he hadn't sent those two pictures to me,
0:20:13 > 0:20:16then he could still, this day, be churning out fake paintings
0:20:16 > 0:20:20and sending them around the world for sale.
0:20:21 > 0:20:24For Robin Pender, Jack's son, justice had been done.
0:20:24 > 0:20:28Back in Mousehall, the village where his father spent his life
0:20:28 > 0:20:30painting the local boats and harbour,
0:20:30 > 0:20:32Robin reflects on what has happened.
0:20:32 > 0:20:37The cottage that we lived in is over there, right in the middle of the village.
0:20:37 > 0:20:39This boat in the foreground is perfect,
0:20:39 > 0:20:42it's a classic local fishing boat.
0:20:42 > 0:20:43It's on the edge of the water.
0:20:43 > 0:20:46That's something that very much interested him.
0:20:46 > 0:20:51Then you've got the sweep of the cottages clustered around the harbour.
0:20:51 > 0:20:58The shock and the anger that there were blatant forgeries or fakes
0:20:58 > 0:21:04which were just a shallow imitation that had no link
0:21:04 > 0:21:08with the reality and the vision that my father had,
0:21:08 > 0:21:13you know, it's very satisfying to think that all that has gone.
0:21:13 > 0:21:19The reputation of Jack Pender, an artist dedicated to recording life in coastal Cornwall,
0:21:19 > 0:21:21had been preserved.
0:21:32 > 0:21:35Welcome to Dover docks.
0:21:35 > 0:21:37As well as cruise ships and passengers,
0:21:37 > 0:21:41£80 billion worth of trade passes through the port every year,
0:21:41 > 0:21:43and amongst that, there's some dodgy gear.
0:21:45 > 0:21:47Kent Trading Standards area manager Mark Rolf
0:21:47 > 0:21:53has come to investigate a giant shipment of fake toys found in the back of a lorry.
0:21:53 > 0:21:57What we've got here is 9,500 dangerous items.
0:21:57 > 0:22:01Toys, protective gear, playthings, gadgets.
0:22:01 > 0:22:06It's one of the biggest seizures of fake toys Kent Trading Standards have ever seen,
0:22:06 > 0:22:10estimated to be worth quarter of a million pounds.
0:22:10 > 0:22:12It contains some potentially lethal toys.
0:22:12 > 0:22:16Look away now, kids - you don't want these for Christmas.
0:22:16 > 0:22:18The thing that's most commonly faked
0:22:18 > 0:22:21is what's called the European Conformity Mark,
0:22:21 > 0:22:25which is the symbol we tell people to look out for to make sure the goods they're buying are safe.
0:22:25 > 0:22:30A good example is our friend, the doll, here. Lovely looking toy.
0:22:30 > 0:22:36Got a small label on the back, with the European conformity mark,
0:22:36 > 0:22:40which is the CE marked on there.
0:22:40 > 0:22:44The way this doll is put together, the whole structure of the doll
0:22:44 > 0:22:47is based around this, which is just waiting to poke a child's eye out,
0:22:47 > 0:22:52and certainly shouldn't be in a toy that you would give to a child.
0:22:52 > 0:22:55That looks like an injury waiting to happen.
0:22:55 > 0:22:57These toys are, again, CE marked.
0:22:57 > 0:23:00These are what are called Puffer Balls.
0:23:00 > 0:23:03Which are very attractive, obviously, for young children.
0:23:03 > 0:23:05They light up and bounce, and they're very soft.
0:23:05 > 0:23:09The problem with these is that they've got no strength in them,
0:23:09 > 0:23:14and the bit that lights up inside is just the right size to go into a child's throat and choke them.
0:23:14 > 0:23:18And actually, if a child were to have this in their mouth,
0:23:18 > 0:23:23it takes very little to separate the ball from the toy.
0:23:23 > 0:23:26And that, in the back of a child's throat, would kill them.
0:23:26 > 0:23:30As Mark examines the huge haul, he finds yet more hazardous toys.
0:23:32 > 0:23:36All have the CE mark on them, but all are dangerous for children.
0:23:36 > 0:23:41Stuffing in soft toys should be of a specific type so that children can't choke on it.
0:23:41 > 0:23:48This is stuffed with used rags of, well, all sorts of things, really.
0:23:48 > 0:23:52Again, these are not the kind of stuffing you would want a child to have access to.
0:23:52 > 0:23:57The CE mark is across Europe, and it means that goods that bear it
0:23:57 > 0:24:00meet all of the European standards of safety.
0:24:00 > 0:24:03The fact that it's on these goods, and these goods are unsafe,
0:24:03 > 0:24:06is a really serious problem as far as we're concerned.
0:24:06 > 0:24:10The toy mountain also contains counterfeit versions of genuine brands.
0:24:10 > 0:24:13The Ben 10 fakers are still at it.
0:24:13 > 0:24:18Sports protection helmet, with pictures of people cycling or skateboarding or skating.
0:24:18 > 0:24:23And, again, a brand that is the Ben 10 brand,
0:24:23 > 0:24:26nothing to do with the genuine Ben 10 people.
0:24:27 > 0:24:33If I take it out of the packet, you can see,
0:24:33 > 0:24:37again, inside it's got the CE mark, so this should be a cycle helmet that you'd feel confident
0:24:37 > 0:24:40with your child going out cycling or skateboarding in.
0:24:40 > 0:24:42But it's got no structure to it.
0:24:42 > 0:24:47It's just a piece of weak plastic, basically.
0:24:47 > 0:24:51Certainly wouldn't want my child's head in that if they came off their bike.
0:24:54 > 0:24:57A selection of the toys have been sent here,
0:24:57 > 0:25:00to Kent Scientific Services, for examination.
0:25:00 > 0:25:04It's Paulette Smith's job to determine just how dangerous they could be.
0:25:04 > 0:25:08To do this, Paulette will need her special toy testing kit.
0:25:10 > 0:25:13First up, it's this little lady.
0:25:13 > 0:25:17If we use these accessibility probes which represent child's fingers,
0:25:17 > 0:25:23a child could very easily reach through into the back of the doll and feel the wire.
0:25:23 > 0:25:25The end of the wire is actually quite accessible there,
0:25:25 > 0:25:29you can just see it starting to poke through the actual fabric of the doll,
0:25:29 > 0:25:34and in fact it's very easily just pushed through the doll there.
0:25:34 > 0:25:36If we use the sharp point tester, here,
0:25:36 > 0:25:39on the end of this wire, you can see
0:25:39 > 0:25:40as the red light lights,
0:25:40 > 0:25:43that indicates that the end of the wire is a sharp point.
0:25:43 > 0:25:47I definitely think that this would present a risk to any child who was playing with this.
0:25:49 > 0:25:53Next up, it's the turn of some dodgy-looking rattles.
0:25:53 > 0:25:57Interestingly enough, the box is actually marked
0:25:57 > 0:26:00that the item is not suitable for children under three years.
0:26:00 > 0:26:05I think, with a picture of a baby on it, it obviously IS intended for children under three years.
0:26:05 > 0:26:07If we take this one,
0:26:07 > 0:26:11a little twist like that, we can see it quite easily snaps off,
0:26:11 > 0:26:15and the whole thing then fits within this small parts cylinder.
0:26:15 > 0:26:21Anything which would fit entirely within here is deemed to present a choking hazard to a child.
0:26:21 > 0:26:24The child could theoretically put it in its mouth and swallow it,
0:26:24 > 0:26:26and then could choke on the item.
0:26:28 > 0:26:31Finally, it's the turn of this kitty cat.
0:26:31 > 0:26:34He looks pretty friendly, but Paulette thinks not.
0:26:34 > 0:26:37She's concerned that the stuffing inside the toy,
0:26:37 > 0:26:40a mixture of rags and old clothes,
0:26:40 > 0:26:45could cause it to burn too quickly, which, if accidentally set alight, could help cause a house fire.
0:26:45 > 0:26:51A normal toy which has been properly stuffed should burn slowly.
0:26:51 > 0:26:54Let's see what happens to this guy. Stand back, ladies and gents.
0:26:57 > 0:26:59The fire spreads fast.
0:26:59 > 0:27:02There is no doubt about it, it's a dangerous animal.
0:27:02 > 0:27:08You can see once a flame catches hold, it burns quite easily and quite readily.
0:27:08 > 0:27:11It'd be quite nasty if it caught light in the home.
0:27:11 > 0:27:16Tiger! Tiger! Burning bright. Not for much longer.
0:27:16 > 0:27:20The team are concerned that potentially toxic fumes could fill the car park.
0:27:25 > 0:27:29It's so dangerous, they have to put it out twice.
0:27:31 > 0:27:35It was a very rapid spread of flame on the tiger as it burned there.
0:27:35 > 0:27:40A toy that was stuffed with more suitable stuffing material
0:27:40 > 0:27:42would probably tend to melt initially,
0:27:42 > 0:27:44rather than catch alight like that,
0:27:44 > 0:27:47and certainly any spread of flame would be a lot slower,
0:27:47 > 0:27:52which would give a child more time to react and to get away from any danger that might arise.
0:27:52 > 0:27:56This is one tiger that's not worth saving.
0:27:56 > 0:28:00I think the whole shipment is certainly not fit to be given to children.
0:28:02 > 0:28:06Overall, Mark is appalled by what he's found.
0:28:06 > 0:28:09The worst thing that could happen as a result of a child playing with these
0:28:09 > 0:28:11is that they would be seriously injured or could die.
0:28:11 > 0:28:14Some of the choking hazards could be that serious.
0:28:14 > 0:28:16The vast majority of this whole pile will be destroyed,
0:28:16 > 0:28:20cos there's nothing that can be done to make them reusable, they're just rubbish.
0:28:28 > 0:28:31That's all from Fake Britain today. Bye for now.
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