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					Originally Posted by Philip
					
				 
				 Part of the object (bottom of statue or foot of camel) was made from original ground up clay from an authentic fragment, and incorporated into the body in a seamless manner ... 
			
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 Amazing;a trick similar to the one used by Amadou to circumvent TL tests, and the Kuhn ram bought at a famous auctioneer for $275 000.
...Amadou explained that he digs "holes into the clay where I can bury fragments of authentic terra cotta found at the [looted] sites ...
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