George Greenhalgh, the forger's father, then approached the Bolton Museum in 2002,[REF] claiming the Amarna was from his great-grandfather's "forgotten collection," bought at the Silverton Park auction [REF].
George pretended to be ignorant about its true worth or value, but was careful to provide the letters Shaun had also faked, showing how the artifact had been in the family for "a hundred years" [REF].