
Fakes and Copies
Jiboazhai: China’s fake antiques museum
A Chinese museum has been forced to close after claims that its 40,000-strong collection of supposedly ancient relics was almost entirely composed of fakes.

A Chinese museum has been forced to close after claims that its 40,000-strong collection of supposedly ancient relics was almost entirely composed of fakes.

Even the experts get scammed! In 2007 visitors to an exhibition of fake Chinese terracotta warriors in Hamburg were offered refunds after organizers found out the figures on display were copies.