In his own reportage, he described being taken deep into family caves where ancient relics lay thathad not been disturbed for generations. He _also_ reported efforts by the natives to drum up some dough by offering recently hacked antiquities, and clearly differentiated between the two. His descriptions of the genuine articles and their discovery seemed quite consistent with a real series of developments.

But I wouldn't be qualified to offer a professional opinion on it! :>)

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