FRAUDS AND FORGERIES IN LIBRARIES AND MUSEUMS

• NCJ Number: 11984
• Journal: Journal of the Forensic Science Society Volume: 13 Issue: 3 Dated: (JULY 1973) Pages: 169-174
• Author(s): A D BAYNES-COPE
• Date Published: 1973
• Length: 6 pages
• Corporate Author: American Soc for Testing and Materials
• Publication Format: Article
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

DISCUSSION OF INSTANCES AND DISCOVERY OF BOGUS ARTIFACTS IN BRITISH MUSEUMS.

Abstract

THE AUTHOR RELATES CASES OF FORGED COINS, PUBLICATIONS, GLOBES, BOOK COVERS, AND PREHISTORIC FOSSILS. HE CONTENDS THAT LIBRARIES AND MUSEUMS CAN DETECT THESE FRAUDULANT REPRESENTATIONS BY USE OF SCIENTIFIC ANALYSES IN LABORATORIES. HE PRESENTS ONE TYPE OF ANALYSIS, THAT USED TO DATE THE PILTDOWN SKULL, TO ILLUSTRATE HIS CONTENTION.