One of the most famous handwriting forgery cases is the Anthon Transcript forgery by Mark Hofmann in 1980. Mark Hofmann meticulously created a forgery of the Anthon Transcript, a valuable Mormon piece of literature. He sold it to the Latter-Day-Saints church in Utah for more than $20,000, upon which it was appraised for $25,000. Upon the investigation of Hofmann's other crimes, including the murder of historian Steven Christensen (1985), it was discovered that the Anthon Transcript sold five years earlier was a fake, along with other documents that Hofmann had forged, including the Joseph Smith III Blessing and the Salamander Letter.
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Awesome summary of the court case! It was very interesting how he faked the transcript!
ReplyDeleteexcellent explanation of the crime ! very good idea including a picture of the actual forged document.
ReplyDeleteMaybe you could explain how exactly the scientists determined it was fake
great job :D
I really like how you summarized the court case and the pictures you used along with it look great.
ReplyDeletegood pictures and good text. its short and very informative :) if i was writing something about this case i would cite your blog as a source
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