Faked Underground Treasures


When you are planning a scam by selling faked artifacts of any kind, you need a good explanation where you found them. Probably the simplest and thus most plausible explanation is a treasure trove in a cave. Although it is absolutely unlikely to store anything of worth in a damp cave, we've seen this so often in movies and read it in book, we just believe it.

So is this a hoax? We believe not, but it teaches us that it is very hard to tell the difference. The basic thing is, to allow as many people as possible (without destroying the site) to see it first hand, to do scientific research, and to accept other ideas. As a result there may be a scientific proof of its authenticity or not. But without these examinations, there is a 99% chance it is a hoax.