Comment by bell-cot
4 hours ago
> What prevents forgers from ...
Cost. Same as them fooling carbon dating, electron microscopes, isotope analysis, and a host of other techniques.
Forgery has always been about how cheaply you could make fakes, vs. the odds and consequences of them getting enough scrutiny to be identified as such.
It’s the banknote thing: at some point a great forgery costs more than the real thing.