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The concoction appeared about the turn of the 20th century and was proved to be a forgery by 1921.
Although it had only limited impact at the time of its compilation, it had great influence on political and religious affairs in medieval Europe until it was clearly demonstrated to be a forgery by Lorenzo Valla in the 15th century.
There are basically three methods of producing a forgery: by an exact copy, by a composite of parts, and by a work done in the style of an artist or period and given a deliberately false attribution.
Spoiler alert: I believe the manuscript is a forgery by Wilfrid Voynich himself.
Example: White & Case knew of a forgery by Fiorini but did not bring it to the attention of the SEC.
Beyond true, too: The inscription turned out to be a forgery by Field's son, who did some of his "best" work in the 1920s and 1930s, ruining a gem.
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In 1921, The Independent printed the "Protocols of the Elders of Zion" even though the book had by then been exposed as a forgery created by the Russian czar's secret police in 1905 to foment virulent anti-Semitism.
She retracted her statements in a letter to Osgood saying, "The letter shown me by Mrs Poe must have been a forgery created by Poe himself".
He said this showed it was a forgery and, by virtue of the fact they were likely written by the same artisan, so was the "Gospel of Jesus's Wife".
This latter poem has sometimes been considered a forgery, created by a learned grammarian.
At first, Burt pursued Linda without telling her that he was married; he then produced a set of divorce papers, a forgery exposed by Linda's mother.
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