article_snippet: Ancient' statues filmed being destroyed by depraved  Islamic State militants in a Mosul museum last month were nothing more than worthless fakes, Director of Baghdad has claimed.
article_snippet: Within hours of the original ISIS propaganda video being released, analysts questioned why the Iraqi statues appeared to crumble so easily.
article_snippet: There were two items that were real and which the militants destroyed.
article_snippet: The statue is thought to have been one of only two genuine artifacts destroyed by ISIS in the video .
article_snippet: ISIS militants began destroying ancient statues and monuments shortly after ISIS militants first seized control of Mosul last summer, describing ISIS militants as 'worthless idols'.
article_snippet: A man shown in the video said the items were being destroyed because the items promoted idolatry. '
article_snippet: The Prophet ordered us to get rid of statues and relics, and The Prophet companions did the same when they conquered countries after The Prophet,' A man shown in the video said.
highlights_snippet: But the ancient artifacts destroyed were mostly fake, art expert claims .
  
highlights_snippet: But two genuine 3,000-year-old statues were destroyed by the terrorists .