A man chose to come forward and claim he is the Sweden Whoremaster King coin maker. Karl Fredrik Mattsson in press conference today claim he is the person who responsible for the coin and claim that he made eight counterfeit coins in his so-called “experiment”. Around 40 people and Swedish reporters are called to a private press conference in conjunction with Art Fair Supermarket 2013 shows and Mattsson film "The King and experiment." The film is about the counterfeit Sweden Whore King Coin. Mattsson also explain that he never intend to circulate the coin, he only gave them to friends and family who later show the fake coins to Swedish Media. 72-year-old Karin Mattsson from Piteå is exactly Mattsson’s mother. The copywriter don't explain he made the coins or what they mean.
“I won’t explain why. I don’t think that it’s my responsibility as an amateur artist to explain art for someone,” he said at the press conference, according to the Aftonbladet newspaper, adding that he was prepared to face the music over his king-mocking coins, if need be.
“I am ready to be charged if the king wants to charge me,” Mattsson said.
When a reporter asked why he decide to come forward he reply "the klyftige reporter on Swedish newspaper Svenska Dagbladet" who sniffed right on him. "That's why we're sitting here today," he says.
A couple of weeks ago, Svenska Dagbladet, with the help of experts reveal how the fake coins come to. The author also put up an exclusive interview - under the premise that he had to remain anonymous - in which he said that the coin should be seen as part of a work of art where the reactions are an important part. After the coins received attention in the media also chose one of the coin manufacturers forger contacted to tell SvD what they knew. The company explained that the man thrown out when they discovered what the coins pictured and that the question of the motive for the coins with the explanation that the customer irritated at roadblocks in Stockholm when the king turned 65 last year.
The counterfeit Sweden one krona coin have a text that mocking their king, H.M. King Carl XVI Gustaf. The writing on the King's head on Mattson's coin read as “Vår horkarl till Kung”, wheich means “Our whorer of a King”. The normal coin text suppose to be “Carl XVI Gustaf Sveriges Konung”, which means "Carl XVI Gustaf Sweden’s King".
