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Macao sculptor Liang Wannian wins RMB 80,000 compensation

Former assistant from the mainland boasted for 11 years that he alone had created jade sculpture before being exposed as a plagiarist.

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Former assistant from the mainland boasted for 11 years that he alone had created jade sculpture before being exposed as a plagiarist.

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UPDATED: 22 Dec 2023, 4:44 am

Macao artist Liang Wannian has been awarded RMB 80,000 compensation from a former assistant who fraudulently claimed to have created a jade sculpture (滴翠盈银) by himself.

Liang donated the sculpture to the Great Hall of the People in Beijing in 2009, but only discovered last year that his one-time assistant, whose name has not been made public, had since been taking sole credit on the internet and mainland TV shows, although he had only assisted.

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Close up of the jade sculpture – Photo by 中国玉雕艺术媒体门户网站

Liang then filed a copyright infringement case at the court in Zhaoqing, Guangdong, where he was awarded RMB 80,000, The Macau Post Daily reported.

 

UPDATED: 22 Dec 2023, 4:44 am

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