Includes bibliographical references (page 47) and index.
Contents
Making fakes -- Money under the spotlight -- Making safer bills -- Copying coins -- Dangerous counterfeits -- Fake luxuries -- Pirate copies -- Suspicious spares -- Looking closely at art -- Foiling a forger -- Revising history -- Investigating the Shroud of Turin -- Identity crimes -- Writing identity -- Careers in forensics.
Summary
"Learn how forensics solves the mystery of counterfeit and forged objects, from fake money to false Vermeers"--Provided by publisher.