You know that they do it, but the extent to which it is done may surprise you:

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Direct link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clnozSXyF4k

Have a great weekend, everyone.

Been busy with a biro, dear?

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/religion/6617018/Jesus-Christs-death-certificate-found-on-Turin-Shroud.html

Drivel.

Fakes at the V&A: http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/news/the-fakes-that-are-good-enough-for-va-1514523.html

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Cheers to Mitch for the heads-up on the latest fake:

http://sensaes.wordpress.com/

*Rolls eyes.*

The mess it made by putting a superfluous 's' after the apostrophe at the end of the purloined username is a bit of a giveaway regarding its lack of authenticity, of course. (One can only ( Read more... )

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"According to European police estimates, as much as half the art in circulation on the international markets may be forged..."http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art-and-architecture/features

...may recall me wittering on and on about the Phaistos disc some years ago (in other places), although it popped up again as a topic here fairly recently. (Can't remember the context - I've been asleep at least once since then...)

The news (via boingfeed) that it might be a fake is bizarrely reassuring.


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