Editing Archaeological forgery (section)

==Known archaeological forgers==
[[File:Kinderhook plates.png|thumb|The engraved [[Kinderhook plates]], buried and then excavated at a mound in Illinois in the United States]]
* [[Curzio Inghirami]] (1614—1655), 17th century Italian archaeologist and historian known as a forger of [[Etruscan civilization|Etruscan]] artifacts
* [[Edward Simpson (forger)|Edward Simpson]] (b. 1815, {{Floruit}} 1874), [[Victorian era|Victorian]] English forger of [[prehistoric]] [[Stone tool|flint tools]]. He sold forgeries to many British museums, including the [[Yorkshire Museum]] and the British Museum
* [[Moses Wilhelm Shapira]] (1830–1884), Ukrainian purveyor of fake [[Biblical archaeology|biblical artifacts]]
* [[Alois Anton Führer]] (1853-1930), German indologist who forged many inscriptions
* [[Alceo Dossena]] (1878–1937), 19th century Italian creator of many [[Archaic period in classical antiquity|Archaic]] and [[Middle Ages|Medieval]] statues
* [[James Mellaart]] (1925–2012), English [[archaeologist]] and author who is noted for his discovery of the [[Neolithic]] settlement of [[Çatalhöyük]] in [[Turkey]].  After his death, it was discovered that he had forged many of his "finds", including [[Mural|murals]] and inscriptions used to discover the Çatalhöyük site.<ref>[https://popular-archaeology.com/article/james-mellaart-pioneer-and-forger/ "James Mellaart: Pioneer…..and Forger" ''Popular Archaeology'' 11 Oct 2019]</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Beetje gênant, vind je niet? |url=http://www.talanta.nl/publications/previous-issues/2008-tm-201-%e2%97%8f-volume-xl-xlix/2018-%e2%97%8f-volume-50/ |access-date=October 16, 2024 |website=www.talanta.nl}}</ref>
* [[Tjerk Vermaning]] (1929–1986), Dutch amateur archaeologist whose [[Middle Paleolithic]] finds were declared forgeries
* [[Brígido Lara|Brigido Lara]] (b. 1939-1940), Mexican forger of [[Pre-Columbian art|pre-Columbian antiquities]]
* [[Shinichi Fujimura]] (b. 1950), Japanese amateur archeologist who planted specimens on false layers to gain more prestige
* [[Shaun Greenhalgh]] (b. 1961), a prolific and versatile British forger, who, with the help of his family, forged Ancient Egyptian statues, [[Ancient Rome|Roman]] silverware and [[Celtic art|Celtic gold jewelry]] among more modern artworks. Arrested in 2006 attempting to sell three [[Assyrian sculpture|Assyrian reliefs]] to the [[British Museum]].