From TFA:
reply> “So it’s hard for us to be ahead of the forgers since they can read our papers and figure out ways to trick our methods.”
I would love to see such counterfeiting. The gear they would need to get and the scientists.
replySome wire and DC? and Claude et al
reply> What prevents forgers from ...
replyCost. Same as them fooling carbon dating, electron microscopes, isotope analysis, and a host of other techniques.
Forgery has always been about how cheaply you could make fakes, vs. the odds and consequences of them getting enough scrutiny to be identified as such.
It’s the banknote thing: at some point a great forgery costs more than the real thing.
replyIt's one of several techniques they can apply, at least. I for one don't even know why there's a forgery market for ancient pottery, or that there's a market for it.
reply> I for one don't even know why there's a forgery market for ancient pottery
replyBecause people desire owning ancient pottery and are therefore willing to pay for it.
> I for one don't even know why there's a forgery market for ancient pottery
replyPeople have paid top dollar for archeological artifacts for centuries. Humanity lost a lot of knowledge from graverobbers, illegal artifact hunting and unreported thefts of stuff getting exposed after stuff like forest fires.