How to tell if Jolly Redd's paintings and statues are fake in Animal Crossing: New Horizons

Jolly Redd is a shifty NPC that players can interact with in Animal Crossing: New Horizons.

Once known as Crazy Redd, it seems the fox has changed his ways and is a bit more jolly now, pun intended. Still, he sells some suspicious items to island dwellers in Animal Crossing: New Horizons.

He does have some good furniture items, but his main attractions are paintings and statues. These all resemble real-life works of art, but beware, Jolly Redd has some fakes for sale in Animal Crossing: New Horizons.

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How to tell if Jolly Redd's paintings and statues are fake in Animal Crossing: New Horizons

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When Redd arrives at your Animal Crossing: New Horizons island, he could be selling a complete stock of real art or a complete stock of fake art. It is imperative to learn the differences to see if visiting his shop was a waste of time.

Real vs. Fake

• Academic Painting: The fake version of this Animal Crossing: New Horizons painting with have a stain in the top corner from a mug.
• Amazing Painting: The fake version will be missing the hat on the center gentlemen dressed in black.
• Basic Painting: The fake version of Basic Painting has much more hair, almost like a mullet.
• Detailed Painting: The fake version will have purple flowers instead of blue.
• Famous Painting: This Animal Crossing: New Horizons version of the Mona Lisa will be fake if the woman has a different expression with very pronounced eyebrows.
• Graceful Painting: The fake version will be missing a white striped piece near the subject's next and the subject will be almost double the size of the real one.
• Jolly Painting: The fake version of this painting will not have the small artichoke coming out of the chest.
• Moving Painting: An entire grove of trees to the right will be missing from this painting's faked version.
• Quaint Painting: This faked painting will show the woman pouring way more milk than the original.
• Scary Painting: Instead of angry eyebrows, the fake version of this Animal Crossing: New Horizons painting will have a distressed expression.
• Scenic Painting: The fake version of this painting will only have one hunter in the foreground.
• Serene Painting: The fake version shows the animal in the painting with a very gray color scheme instead of white.
• Solemn Painting: In the back of this painting is a man in a doorway. The real shows his hand angled at the wall. The fake has his hand angled much more upward.
• Wild Painting: The fake left half version of this painting will have a green god instead of a white one. The fake right half version of this painting will be the opposite, with a white god instead of a green one.
• Wistful Painting: This painting's earrings will be star-shaped instead of round if it is fake.
• Ancient Statue: The fake version of this Animal Crossing: New Horizons statue will have antennae coming from its head.
• Beautiful Statue: The fake version of this statue will have a necklace.
• Gallant Statue: A book will be under the arm of this statue if it is indeed fake.
• Informative Statue: This statue will be blue in color and glow at night if it is fake.
• Motherly Statue: The wolf's tongue will be sticking out if it is fake.
• Mystic Statue: An earring will hang from the statue's right ear if this is the fake version.
• Robust Statue: The fake version of this statue will have a watch on its throwing arm.
• Rock-head Statue: If this is fake, the statue will be smiling.
• Tremendous Statue: The fake version of this statue will have a handle on the top of it.
• Valiant Statue: The fake version will be inverted and the gown will drape over the incorrect shoulder.
• Warrior Statue: The fake version of this Animal Crossing: New Horizons statue will see the solider holding a spade-like object under its hands.

Always Real

The following works of art will always be genuine in Animal Crossing: New Horizons:

• Calm Painting
• Common Painting
• Dynamic Painting
• Flowery Painting
• Glowing Painting
• Moody Painting
• Mysterious Painting
• Nice Painting
• Perfect Painting
• Proper Painting
• Sinking Painting
• Twinkling Painting
• Warm Painting
• Worthy Painting
• Familiar Statue
• Great Statue