UK Statue Forger Jailed For Fake Artefacts
source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/manchester/7090795.stm
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A judge in the UK sentenced a forger to four years in jail stating, " Your talent was misapplied to the ends of dishonest gain." Shaun Greenhalgh, from Bolton, and his mother were convicted in the largest forgery case of its kind ever.
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eray
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Four years!? Who exactly did this guy hurt, anyways? He just made a lot of people look dumb, and created lovely Egyptian antiquities which would otherwise be unavailable except through crooked dealers buying from looters.
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2005/725/hr1.htm - 4 years ago
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