Ukrainian Antiquities for Sale on Your Phone

As well as in online venues like eBay, the trafficking of Ukrainian artefacts is currently taking place through social media, for example through illicit Facebook trafficking groups. As the ATHAR Project points out, users in Ukraine are selling artefacts through a US Facebook group in clear violation of policy.

On the other hand, since Ukraine now has an unofficial fake antiquities industry possibly equal to that of Bulgaria in its heyday, this  is the best way that unscrupulous and careless no-questions-asked buyers get stung. Basically if you trust a culture criminal to tell you what something is without knowing, and without demanding proof of "grounding" in a proper context, you are asking for it. "Ancint flint sicle" knocked up in a garage anyone?