The Winged Bull released video showing the destruction of 'ancient ' sculptures . But the ancient artifacts destroyed were mostly fake , art expert claims . Director of Baghdad museum says he is looking after authentic versions . Sculptures seen in film were almost all plaster cast replicas , which explains why they crumbled so easily and were held together by iron bars . But two genuine 3,000-year-old statues were destroyed by the terrorists .
ISIS jihadis released video showing the destruction of 'ancient ' sculptures . But the ancient artifacts destroyed were mostly fake , art expert claims . Director of Baghdad museum says he is looking after authentic versions . Sculptures seen in film were almost all plaster cast replicas , which explains why they crumbled so easily and were held together by iron bars . But two genuine 3,000-year-old statues were destroyed by the terrorists .