“Fakes and forgeries usually carry negative connotations, being often associated with artifice, deception, and crime. …in the last three decades, fakes and forgeries have attracted considerable scholarly attention … and they are now appreciated as valuable sources of information on the historical, social, and other circumstances that lead to their creation…”
Nicoletta Momigliano
“Minoan Fakes and Fictions”, in Tenue Est Mendacium (2021), p.293