Exposed As Forgery
In mid-March 2006 Scotland Yard's Arts and Antiquities Unit impounded the Amarna Princess as part of an on-going investigation of the Greenhalgh family. The Greenhalghs had triggered suspicions when they tried to perform a similar scam again, using the same provenance to support their ownership of what was purported to be an Assyrian freize. They were subsequently caught, and both father and sons were charged with laundering the money involved with the Amarna Princess. Shaun Greenhalgh was later convicted in November 2007. On searching their property police found evidence of tools and material for making sculptures, and two other completed copies of the Amarna Princess.
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