Real or Fake Paintings & Statues in Animal Crossing New Horizons
A bunch of new paintings and statues have been added to Animal Crossing New Horizons recently. They can be bought from Jolly Redd, the shady art dealer, and you can either donate them to the museum or use them as furniture. However, a lot of them are fakes, and Blathers won’t accept those. If you want to avoid being scammed by Redd, you’ll have to know the difference. This guide will show you how to know if painting or statues is real or fake in Animal Crossing New Horizons.
How to know if painting or statue is real or fake
All of the works of art you can buy from Redd are based on real life pieces. The only way to tell the forgery is to compare it to the original. The game only tells you how Redd calles the items, though, which is a problem if you want to compare them to the originals. We’ve collected the info in one place to make things easier for you.
| Artwork name | How to spot fake |
|---|---|
| Academic Painting | The fake has a coffee cup stain in the upper right corner |
| Amazing Painting | The man in black in the center doesn’t have a hat in the fake |
| Ancient Statue | The fake has two antennae on its head |
| Basic Painting | The hair in the fake is longer, with thicker bangs |
| Beautiful Statue | The fake has a necklace |
| Calm Painting | Always real |
| Common Painting | Always real |
| Detailed Painting | The fake has purple flowers |
| Dynamic Painting | Always real |
| Familiar Statue | Always real |
| Famous Painting | The fake has raised eyebrows |
| Flowery Painting | Always real |
| Gallant Statue | The fake has a book in the right hand |
| Glowing Painting | Always real |
| Graceful Painting | The woman is bigger in the fake, and she doesn’t have the white ribbon in her hair near the shoulder |
| Great Statue | Always real |
| Informative Statue | The fake is blue |
| Jolly Painting | The fake doesn’t have the weird bud stemming from the chest |
| Moody Painting | Always real |
| Motherly Statue | The fake has the wolf’s tongue hanging out of her mouth |
| Moving Painting | The fake doesn’t have trees in the upper right corner |
| Mysterious Painting | Always real |
| Mystic Statue | The fake has an earring |
| Nice Painting | Always real |
| Perfect Painting | Always real |
| Proper Painting | Always real |
| Quaint Painting | The milk in the fake is flowing in copious amounts, instead of dripping |
| Robust Statue | The fake has a wristwatch |
| Rock-head Statue | The fake has a faint smile |
| Scary Painting | The fake’s eyebrows are sad/scared/disgusted instead of angry |
| Scenic Painting | The fake has only one man in the foreground |
| Serene Painting | The fake has what looks like a platypus instead of an ermine |
| Sinking Painting | Always real |
| Solemn Painting | The man in the doorway has his whole arm visible in the fake |
| Tremendous Statue | The fake has a lid on top |
| Twingkling Painting | Always real |
| Valiant Statue | The fake has its left leg in front of the right, instead of the other way around |
| Warm Painting | Always real |
| Warrior Statue | The fake is holding a shovel or sword in its hands |
| Wild Painting Left Half | The demon in the fake is green instead of white |
| Wild Painting Right Half | The demon in the fake is white instead of green |
| Wistful Painting | The fake has a star-shaped earring |
| Worthy Painting | Always real |
