Sometimes I smoked opium. And I also took LSD - for a while, quite a lot of LSD, in fact. But I never had any bad experiences. I stopped in 1985. I'd had enough, and I don't miss it, either.

One is a criminal to some people and an artist to others. I can understand that. In a legal sense, I am a convicted criminal.

Most forgers are caught because they tell the wrong person about what they do.

I never decided to become an art forger. I was aware of my talent at an early age, and I used it foolishly. This developed over the years. In my heart, I don't see myself as a criminal.

I only painted when I felt like it and needed money. But it never really became a professional thing, even though the dealers would have liked that.

I lived on a houseboat in Amsterdam for a year. It was intense, and it's possible that I even had a few blackouts.

Sometimes I smoked opium. And I also took LSD - for a while, quite a lot of LSD, in fact. But I never had any bad experiences. I stopped in 1985. I'd had enough, and I don't miss it, either.