Sometimes fake antiques are not only used to cheat the collectors but also to swindle ordinary people. The dealers could circulate rumors around a fake antique statue that it was made of a kind of ‘supernatural and super valuable’ metal valued at ‘US$80...

Plat Vietnam, dynastie des Lê, 15e-16e siècle, Fours de Hai Duong, Chu Dau - My Xa, Grès porcelaineux à décor peint en cobalt sous couverte et émaux polychromes sur couverte, Musée National de Taipei, Taiwan.