this isn't an archaeological error but it is the most famous forgery in post-war west german history they could learn diaries. in one nine hundred eighty three down magazine fell for these fakes. the weekly news magazine paid an art forger a huge nine million dollars marks for the diaries before going public with their seemingly sensational find and he doubts as to their authenticity were simply dismissed until the diaries were exposed as fakes. the diary of an exhibition comes from germany's federal archives just one of the sixty volumes forged has been loaned out the scandal surrounding the fake their diaries certainly made one thing clear if it seems too good to be true it probably is. even though new facts are produced every day you have to deal with them in