Although the phone video is a hoax, the illegal diggings were themselves real and produced a number of genuine artefacts that were spirited away before the police and SCA arrived on the scene. Many of these near priceless objects will already have been sold to the highest bidder. Even more bizarre are claims that, despite the tragedy of the six deaths, and the incarceration of various individuals, the illegal diggings in Nazlet el-Samman go on. Yes, they are doing it again now, at new sites in the same general area. It would seem that the trade in antiquities, whether genuine or fake, is so lucrative that these people simply cannot leave it alone.Undiscriminating collectors too.
Here is the video. Now I have seen it, I really cannot see it fooling anyone at all, but I could be mistaken. It seems there are a lot of gullible people collecting antiquities who 'want to believe'. The reason why Collins was so interested is visible here.
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