It's usually a sad story when a massive museum has to close it's doors...but when that museum houses a collection that is largely built of obvious and crude forgeries, you start to wonder how the place was opened in the first place...take a look.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2013/jul/17/jibaozhai-museum-closed-fakes-china
I like the suggestion that they should stay open as a museum of fakes...i'd be interested in going. Of course, I'd hope if the museum was built with public money, then the proceeds of the "fake" museum would be returned before anyone makes a profit...
and more on the story from Hyperallergic.
http://hyperallergic.com/75734/museum-of-40000-fakes-shuttered-in-china/
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