Chapter 736: Counterfeit Incident
Ye Rou was stunned when she heard this. It took her a while to understand what Grandma Song was saying.
She followed the direction of Grandma Song's finger and saw a colorful pottery figurine in the shape of a camel. It had a simple appearance, an old color, a slight rust color, and a bright glaze.
It is a low-temperature colored pottery figurine from the Tang Dynasty, also known as Tang Sancai.
Ye Rou looked around carefully but didn't find anything suspicious. She asked Grandma Song in a low voice, "How did you know it was a fake?"
"Look at the body. Authentic Tang Sancai is mostly white, light yellow or light red. The body is fine and delicate. If you look at the cross section, the color should gradually change from white to black. Counterfeit ones will not have this obvious change."
"The luster is also different. The glaze of real Tang Sancai is soft and warm. With age, it will develop a clam luster, with the color floating on the surface, usually in a variety of colors. Fake ones will have a thief luster inside, with only one or two colors."
Grandma Song spoke in detail. Ye Rou listened and observed carefully. With her sharp senses and amazing eyesight, she found that it was just as Grandma Song said.
These are too subtle. If an ordinary person were to come, they might not notice the differences.
Ye Roushou stood up, her face slightly gloomy: "As you said, it is indeed not true."
Seeing the two of them staring at a piece of painted pottery, Sun Baiqing thought Ye Rou liked it, so he immediately came forward and said that he had a similar piece at home and could give it to Ye Rou.
Ye Rou shook her head: "Thank you, but no need."
She motioned Sun Baiqing to come closer and whispered to her, "Could you please ask Director Gu to come in for me? I have something to tell him."
Seeing Ye Rou's serious expression, Sun Baiqing did not refuse and went out to find someone immediately.
Director Hu heard the student's story and realized that Ye Rou and her group were the first to notice something was wrong. He stepped forward and apologized:
"I'm sorry, everyone. This is indeed a mistake on our part. I've ruined your fun. I apologize on behalf of our museum."
He had a good attitude and spoke in a sincere tone, and Zheng Zhiyuan and others said it was okay.
Seeing that they had no intention of pursuing the matter, Director Hu breathed a sigh of relief.
He was about to leave with his students and nephew when he saw Gu Xue hurried in and walked quickly to a young girl.
Director Hu frowned.
Before the museum opened, he and Gu Xue had already discussed that Gu Xue would receive guests outside, while he would be responsible for affairs inside the museum. Now seeing Gu Xue leaving the guests outside and coming in, Director Hu wanted to remind him.
But because Ye Rou and her group were there, he did not approach rashly. He waited until Gu Xue and the young girl finished talking before moving forward.
Not knowing what the young girl said, Gu Xue leaned over and looked carefully at the exhibits in front of him.
Director Hu also looked over and saw a Tang Dynasty three-color pottery figurine.
Gu Xue looked at the pottery figurine carefully, even turning it in several directions to observe it. The more he looked, the more serious his expression became.
Director Hu saw his serious expression and thought the colored pottery figurine was damaged. His face darkened and he immediately moved closer. But at that moment, he heard Gu Xue say, "Even from this, we can't be sure that this is a fake."
"Fake, what fake?!" Director Hu frowned tightly when he heard this word suddenly. He couldn't control his voice for a moment, which attracted everyone's attention.
When Yang Fan heard someone say that the cultural relics in their museum were fakes, he immediately rushed over like a fighting cock, not noticing Hu Xing's guilty conscience beside him.
"There will definitely be no fakes in our museum!"
Yang Fan rushed over and said seriously, "Every artifact has been specially authenticated by my master. There is no way they are fake."
Director Hu had a particularly ugly expression on his face.
On the first day of the museum's opening, there was a mistake in the information card, and now someone is saying that the cultural relics in their museum are fakes. It would be strange if he could look happy.
He looked at the young girl standing beside Gu Xue and was shocked by her appearance for a moment, but he quickly regained his composure and said seriously:
"Comrade, why do you say this artifact is a fake? What evidence do you have?"
Seeing that it was Ye Rou and her group again, Yang Fan had already regarded them as liars causing trouble, and said indignantly:
"Teacher, I think they are here to cause trouble on purpose. I think we should call the police first!"
As soon as he said this, Gu Xue and Director Hu frowned at the same time, looking disapproving.
Not only will this not solve the problem, it will only make others think that their museum is guilty and eager to cover up others.
Yang Fan wanted to say more, but Director Hu scolded him harshly, so he shut up.
Director Hu looked at Ye Rou with an extremely cold gaze: "Comrade, if you can't provide evidence, we will definitely call the police."
Song Zhishu stepped forward and said, "I said it, I'm sure this artifact is a fake."
Director Hu glanced up and down at Song Zhishu, and seeing that it was another woman, his tone became a little impatient.
"I still say that words are not enough. Please provide convincing evidence."
Song Zhishu asked the two to come closer and explained the differences to them in detail.
Ancient studies carefully observed.
But Director Hu had had enough.
Before each cultural relic was exhibited, it was appraised by more than one expert, who all said it was a treasure and could not possibly be fake.
Director Hu interrupted Song Zhishu impatiently, "That's enough! You're just making up stories. May I ask how you can point out that this artifact is a fake? I don't think I've ever met you before."
Song Zhishu's expression darkened slightly. "How come there's an educational requirement for identifying cultural relics?"
"Of course." Yang Fan couldn't hold it in any longer and interrupted, "Just because someone says it's fake doesn't mean it's fake, right?"
Song Zhishu said calmly, "I'm not an archaeology professor, nor have I studied this professionally, but my ancestors have been pawnbrokers for three generations, and we have our own way of identifying authenticity. I'm certain that this Tang Sancai is a fake."
Director Hu shook his head: "Nonsense, Yang Fan, call the police!"
Yang Fan agreed and was about to go out immediately.
Gu Xue suddenly called out to him, "Wait a moment."
Director Hu frowned and said, "Guxue, don't be partial to them just because they are people you know!"
Gu Xue's face was solemn: "This Tang Sancai is indeed a fake."
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