It was the dream finalizing for the owner of an unidentified Nottingham gallery - an exhibition including the work of Hollywood actor-turned-artist Pierce Brosnan, who would also address meet fans.

But the gallery’s owner has exposed how her livelihood and credibility were ‘ruined’ after the Pierce Brosnan with whom she spent months working out the exhibit of a lifetime ended up not to be the Bond star but a ‘deepfake’.

Simone Simms has actually spoken for the very first time about how she succumbed to the fancy artificial intelligence (AI) rip-off which resulted in her losing her ₤ 30,000 Long Eaton gallery.

Ms Simms informed The Mail on Sunday she was ‘villainised’ after offering ₤ 20,000 worth of tickets to art lovers with the promise of meeting 71-year-old Brosnan, only to find she had been deceived.

Scammers used AI to generate a persuading similarity of Mr Brosnan video-calling her from his ₤ 80million home in Hawaii.

Ms Simms recalled ‘how genuine’ he appeared on Zoom and how she ‘screeched with excitement that he remained in my living room speaking with me’ before taking the bait and sending the scammers ₤ 3,000 for ‘shipping fees’ for the art.

Her headache began when she called what she thought to be Mr Brosnan’s legitimate Facebook page at the start of 2023 and asked if he would exhibit his paintings at her venue.

She then says she was contacted by what she thought was the star and around 200 messages were exchanged between them on the Telegram messaging app, including a variety of voice notes talking about the exhibit.

The AI deepfake of 007 star Pierce Brosnan that duped art gallery owner Simone Simms

Mrs Simms (visualized, wiki-tb-service.com left) to a fraud that resulted in her losing her ₤ 30,000 art gallery

More than 20,000 tickets were offered with the pledge of meeting 71-year-old Brosnan, who fraudsters had deepfaked to resemble he was calling Mrs Simms from his ₤ 80million home in Hawaii

A Pierce Brosnan painting. Mrs Simms exchanged 200 messages via Telegram with who she thought was the Bond star

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In one audio message, wiki.vst.hs-furtwangen.de listened to by The Mail on Sunday, a voice with Mr Brosnan’s distinctive Irish accent discusses the forthcoming exhibition.

'Simone, it’s Pierce Brosnan here, how’s it going? Just wished to apologise for christianpedia.com not being able to establish a meeting,’ the voice says.

'I’ve been overloaded lately. Please let your group know that I truly appreciate the invite to the art exhibit.

'I have high expectations it will be a huge success.‘

In a subsequent video call, Mr Brosnan’s image appeared on the screen however the noise was off. Messages from the individual on the other side of the phone claimed there was a technological concern.

Two of Ms Simms’s good friends were also in the video meeting, one of 2 Ms Simms thought she had actually had with Brosnan, and were both fooled, insisting she was not an ‘moron’.

Among them, artist Neil Adcock, said: ‘It looked like his real face. He said his son had set it up for him. He said the sound problem was on our end. It brought on for a while.‘

Pierce Brosnan at the Art Miami VIP opening in Miami Florida

After the fake event was scheduled, Mr Brosnan put out a declaration damning the gallery, insisting he ‘would never ever charge for a fulfill and greet'

The genuine Pierce’s art work. Mrs Simms promoted ₤ 500 ‘satisfy and greet’ tickets with the deepfake Mr Brosnan

Another painting the genuine Mr Brosnan. Mrs Simms says she wants the actor would acknowledge her as a victim rather than a villain

Others have actually reported being called by a phony Facebook account, claiming to be Mr Brosnan. Pictured: Among the real Mr Brosnan’s paintings

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Meanwhile, after Ms Simms booked and pediascape.science marketed her show, the genuine Mr Brosnan saw an ad for the exhibition featuring his art online and issued a declaration damning the gallery, insisting he ‘would never ever charge for kenpoguy.com a meet and greet’.

His attorneys sent her an immediate cease-and-desist letter in November 2023, 3 days after she advertised the ₤ 500 VIP meet-and-greet tickets.

A ‘frightened’ Ms Simms understood her mistake and tearfully recalled: ‘It was the worst time of my life and it tainted my credibility.

‘Pierce hurt me by providing the statement. He needs to have done more research study before he did because he would understand I was just a fan reaching out but he villainised me and that’s where it began to fail.

'I wish he would acknowledge me as a victim and not as a villain. He needs to tell the public about what genuinely took place and set the tone.

'I don’t dislike him, since he is a victim too. People abused his photo. If I understood it wasn’t him, [users.atw.hu](http://users.atw.hu/samp-info-forum/index.php?PHPSESSID=3559a127f5d02ce2c4184c51da605715&action=profile