to a hype that began in ancient times and peaked in the middle ages and it continues to this day it seems that unicorns never go out of fashion. this isn t an archaeological error but it is the most famous forgery in post-war west german history the hitler diaries. in one nine hundred eighty three down magazine front for these fakes. and 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