Forged Scottish Malt Whisky at Auction
Published January 3rd, 2006
The fascination with Scottish malt whisky remains and continued growth in sales has created opportunities for one of the world’s oldest professions – forgers.
Counterfeiters are creating replicas of rare old bottles of whisky and selling them through auction houses and over the Internet to unwary collectors.
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