Device for appraising deformations such as an embossing, an impact or an indentation on a reflecting metal surface, notably of a bodywork part of a motor vehicle, characterized in that it comprises a portable assembly comprising: a device for identifying deformations, such as an embossing, an impact or an indentation on a reflecting metal surface to be checked, notably of a bodywork part of a motor vehicle, comprising: a lighting device comprising: ∘ a housing having a bottom and a frame, said frame defining an aperture, and the outer surface of the bottom comprising gripping means, ∘ a plurality of light-emitting diodes disposed on an internal surface of the bottom of the housing, ∘ a test pattern covering the aperture and disposed between said plurality of light-emitting diodes and said reflecting metal surface to be checked, said test pattern having a plurality of stripes configured to allow the passage of at least a part of the light emitted by the plurality of light-emitting diodes, said stripes being spaced apart from one another by dark bands (13, 15) so that the stripes are projected onto the reflecting metal surface to be checked when the light-emitting diodes are switched on, at least one camera configured to capture images of the reflection on the reflecting metal surface to be checked of the light emitted by the lighting device, the camera is disposed on an arm linked to the lighting device, such that said camera is offset with respect to the lighting device, the device for appraising deformations comprising in addition: • an additional camera disposed in a fixed manner so as to take images including at least a registration plate of the motor vehicle and an operator using the device for identifying deformations, and • a processing unit configured to correlate files created by the device for identifying deformations on the one hand and by the additional camera on the other hand, said files respectively containing specific data. a device for identifying deformations, such as an embossing, an impact or an indentation on a reflecting metal surface to be checked, notably of a bodywork part of a motor vehicle, comprising: a lighting device comprising: ∘ a housing having a bottom and a frame, said frame defining an aperture, and the outer surface of the bottom comprising gripping means, ∘ a plurality of light-emitting diodes disposed on an internal surface of the bottom of the housing, ∘ a test pattern covering the aperture and disposed between said plurality of light-emitting diodes and said reflecting metal surface to be checked, said test pattern having a plurality of stripes configured to allow the passage of at least a part of the light emitted by the plurality of light-emitting diodes, said stripes being spaced apart from one another by dark bands (13, 15) so that the stripes are projected onto the reflecting metal surface to be checked when the light-emitting diodes are switched on, ∘ a housing having a bottom and a frame, said frame defining an aperture, and the outer surface of the bottom comprising gripping means, ∘ a plurality of light-emitting diodes disposed on an internal surface of the bottom of the housing, ∘ a test pattern covering the aperture and disposed between said plurality of light-emitting diodes and said reflecting metal surface to be checked, said test pattern having a plurality of stripes configured to allow the passage of at least a part of the light emitted by the plurality of light-emitting diodes, said stripes being spaced apart from one another by dark bands (13, 15) so that the stripes are projected onto the reflecting metal surface to be checked when the light-emitting diodes are switched on, at least one camera configured to capture images of the reflection on the reflecting metal surface to be checked of the light emitted by the lighting device, the camera is disposed on an arm linked to the lighting device, such that said camera is offset with respect to the lighting device, the device for appraising deformations comprising in addition: • an additional camera disposed in a fixed manner so as to take images including at least a registration plate of the motor vehicle and an operator using the device for identifying deformations, and • a processing unit configured to correlate files created by the device for identifying deformations on the one hand and by the additional camera on the other hand, said files respectively containing specific data. • an additional camera disposed in a fixed manner so as to take images including at least a registration plate of the motor vehicle and an operator using the device for identifying deformations, and • a processing unit configured to correlate files created by the device for identifying deformations on the one hand and by the additional camera on the other hand, said files respectively containing specific data.