Chapter 297 Tiananmen and the Sun

Experts are not omnipotent when identifying cultural relics. In fact, in many aspects, compared with experts, counterfeiters can be said to be one foot taller than one foot taller than one foot taller than one foot taller.

Falsification is a bit like studying viruses or Trojans. They are all very easy to do. Once you understand this method of fraud, it is not so easy to fool people. It is naturally enough to deceive ordinary people. However, in front of professionals who have powerful tools to kill Trojans, this kind of fraud technique is like a paper tiger, and it can be broken with one stab.

But if the cost method you use is something that others don’t know and has never seen before, and the effect is very good, then congratulations, it’s like the first time the shock wave virus is raging, and everyone will be caught.

"What are you laughing at?" The three old men were a little unhappy.

In terms of cultural relics identification, they are already famous experts in China. How can the authoritativeness of the identification be questioned by others?

After a middle-aged man coughed, he pointed at Zhang Maolu and said to the three experts, "This friend claims to be a fellow traveler, and said that these things were made by himself. I can't confirm the authenticity, so please ask the three to identify them."

After hearing this, the three old men began to look at Zhang Maolu up and down, thinking that this person was not old, so why did he dare to praise such a Haikou? If these bronzes are all fake, then where is the original?

Generally speaking, it is much more difficult to create a new bronze ware out of thin air than to imitate an antique that has been discovered. The three experts do not believe that Zhang Maolu can actually make such bronze ware styles by herself.

Moreover, the artifact with more than 200 characters in the inscription, the style of the times, font structure, vocabulary and grammar on it are all in line with the rules, both innovative and consistent with the records in ancient books. It is truly the most powerful discovery in history. How could it be made out of thin air by someone else?

Bronzes of the Shang and Zhou dynasties have always been the favorite of archaeologists of gold and stone. Since the Song Dynasty, many scholars have had a special liking for studying these bronzes with inscriptions and have made great achievements. Now, with the continuous unearth of many bronzes of the Shang and Zhou dynasties, research on this aspect is also being improved.

The three experts can basically recognize the inscriptions on this object. Through analysis, we can see that the complete titles of the kings of the Zhou Dynasty are completely consistent with Sima Qian's description in the Records of the Grand Historian. This object has great significance for the archaeological and historical academic circles. It can be said that it is a cross-age discovery, how could it be fake?

Fan Wubing and Zhang Maolu both sat there with a smile, only the two of them knew about this.

The pattern at that time was drawn by Fan Wubing based on his memory. He only remembered a rough inscription on it. The two of them specially referred to the unearthed artifacts and ancient documents, and produced such an inscription that is more formal and historically valuable than the cultural relics unearthed before. As for the casting method, it was the pottery model casting method used to cast bronzes during the Shang and Zhou dynasties. Although this method has long been lost, Fan Wubing knew that there was a copper casting site from the Western Zhou Dynasty underground on the rock, and he also knew the general process. Therefore, the two of them made the pottery model together, and then went to the market to buy a large number of ancient copper coins and melted bronzes. After the bronzes were made, they first polished the inner shell with a jade carving machine. After the outer wall of the utensil was very thin, the feel was as if it were real.

Then use acid to mix copper chips to paste the whole body of the bronze ware, and then put it in a warm mud kiln to dry it. After about one to two weeks, the thing will be made. The bronze ware made through this method is rust-colored and sturdy, and even the pattern lines and marks can be imitated.

Of course, this is not the end. Many experts who identify antiques know that green rust on bronze ware is easy to imitate, but red spots are difficult to make. The imitated red spots are light in color and can be dropped with a hard object.

The red spots on the bronzes of Shang and Zhou dynasties are hard and strong and not easily removed. This is also the most difficult technical difficulty for many fake experts, because most identification experts distinguish between authenticity by looking at the red spots.

Fan Wubing's idea was more detrimental. He asked Zhang Maolu to buy a worthless broken bronze ware with red spots from the tomb robbers' land price, then remove the red spots, then use machinery and equipment to dig a trenches on the bronze ware he made, and finally use military super glue obtained from Russia to dig the red spots on it.

This military powerful glue is firmly glued and is not afraid of fire. If you use fire to scrape it with a knife, the red spots will grow on the bronze ware, just like they were born from bronze ware. The dozens of bronze ware made by Zhang Maolu according to the method provided by Fan Wubing did shock these identification experts.

However, this has its disadvantages, that is, there are many patterns on the bronze ware. If you want to plant red spots on these patterns, it will be a bit difficult and it will take a lot of effort.

However, Zhang Maolu himself is a little scheming. The more difficult it is to deal with the place, the more refined it needs to be made, because the patterns are convex and concave, making it inconvenient to plant red spots. The ancient bronzes have been buried in the soil for thousands of years. Whether there is red spots is determined by the composition of the contact chemicals, and they will not specifically select red spots from the undecorated department. For this reason, he also specially studied some famous Shang and Zhou bronzes that have been unearthed. After taking the scriptures, they finally made them perfect.

Most buyers have invited experts to take a look. If you are interested in collecting these red spotted bronzes, you must carefully observe the whole body of the bronzes. If the bronzes are covered with red spots and there are no patterns on them, it will definitely cause suspicion.

Of course, they definitely cannot explain this method to the experts, but in order to prove that these things are fake, Zhang Maolu also kept a backup plan. It is time to reveal the secret. "If you want to know the truth, you just need to get a stronger white newspaper and then pat it in that container, and it will naturally come true."

The three old men all felt a little strange. What kind of identification method is this?

However, the staff were more enthusiastic. They immediately found a white newspaper, then stuffed it into the container according to Zhang Maofu, slapped and knocked it for a while, took out the white newspaper, and said, "It's done, it's dirty, what can you tell?"

The three old men also came over and studied it on paper for a long time, but they didn't find any problems. After all, there would be no tricks on the inner walls of these objects, and they looked just dirty.

Zhang Maolu smiled, then took the white newspaper and said to a person next to her, "Is there any equipment like X-rays in the hospital?"

As a result, they really have this kind of equipment here, probably when they use it to watch some movies when analyzing the case.

So Zhang Maofu asked someone to put the white newspaper in front of the light source, and then he suddenly realized that something was wrong.

The people in the room were stunned, and then they looked amused and crying.

The dirty white newspaper, on the figure reflected by the light source, actually showed a child-like Tiananmen Square shape and an abstract red sun. This kind of thing can never be understood as an accident.

Did the ancients even come up with such tricks? What is even more infuriating is that under the Tiananmen figure, there was a line of vague words, which was "made in china".

One of the old men snatched a white newspaper with a red face, took a photo inside another bronze ware for a long time, and then placed it on the light source. The graphics that appeared this time were the same, but they were not exactly the same, but it was roughly this thing, including Tiananmen Square, the sun, and the words "made in china".

After trying a few, the old men were not ashamed to try again. Unexpectedly, they really made a guy, but the fraud reached this level, and I am afraid that the four major schools will be out of reach.

Now the middle-aged people in the security department had nothing to say. Fan Wubing and Zhang Maolu did prove that these objects were fakes in a ridiculous way, so naturally there was no situation that endangered the national interests. As for what they could exchange for from overseas, it really was nothing to do with others.

The three experts were warned by the middle-aged man and should not be promoted at this time, and then left.

"Okay, Mr. Fan, I'm really sorry. This time the matter was too big. Dozens of national treasure-level bronzes are enough to shake the whole world. Otherwise, I wouldn't have disturbed you." The middle-aged man looked at Fan Wubing helplessly and said to him.

"It's okay, actually I should tell you in advance. It's not embarrassing to deceive foreigners." Fan Wubing said with a smile, "It's just that I don't want too many people to know about this, otherwise it won't work."

The middle-aged man nodded and promised, "Don't worry, I have no problems here." Then he added, "The gang you are in contact with is an international cultural relics smuggling group, which is very large. If you have the opportunity, take it hard."

Fan Wubing laughed and said, "Don't worry about this. I was going to ask them to have a heavy bleeding. How could such a good opportunity be missed?"

The staff from the Ministry of Safety helped Fan Wubing repackage these things and then sent them back to the New Silk Road Entertainment Company in a car.

Fan Wubing told Zhang Maolu, "The gang that can be sent into the nails by the Security Department is definitely not ordinary. Our transaction will reduce the number by half and leave a backup plan. Otherwise, it will be a bit troublesome if they want to be bad."
Chapter completed!