Slated to be a grand exhibition to bolster the Vietnamese contemporary art scene, the Paintings Returned from Europe exhibition at the Ho Chi Minh City Fine Arts Museum has crashed and burned in a fire of forgery. One man’s trash is another man’s treasure, but this poor collector just got his treasure turned to trash. This episode is most definitely embarrassing for the Vietnamese art community, which is highly talented and working hard to establish itself. And while frauds are always fascinating, this slapstick, ragtag, haphazard job is so bad it’s fabulous. The July exhibition was a private collection from Vũ Xuân Chung and supposedly held works from contemporary artists…