Art Forgeries and Their Detection - the Scientia Review

Archeological Forgeries
Archeological relics are forged so they can
be soled to museums for large sums of
money.
Among the years, many archeologists have set up excavations to unearth
artifacts that would tell us more about pre-historic life and civilizations.
When these relics are found, they are normally sold to museums where
they can be studied further. Forgers replicate these antiquities to make
money, and for a while they have succeeded, numerous works of art and
photographs such Francias Hetling’s Victorian Waifs have been in muse-
ums for years before they have been reviled to be fakes. In order to de-
tect whether an ancient artifact is authentic or not, scientists mostly per-
form neutron activation tests, as well as carbon dating tests.