I will inquire if the DA has a record of what these items were. The prosecuting assistant DA is very experienced and led the
Iraq National Museum recovery efforts as a
military lawyer, so I think such opportunities were likely explored. This scam seems to have been going on for a while, so the defendant probably barely remembers all the
fakes. Business crooks are
very good at forgetting, in
part because the stress of waking up every morning and saying, "I am going to spend the day committing crimes that could send me to prison," is actually very difficult to
handle. So, they are just "doing business", and what successful businessperson remembers every sale?