Smithsonian anthropologist Jane Walsh is working on a database to help identify fakes. There are many more in museum collections than anyone is willing to admit. “Any museum–I don’t care what museum it is–has fakes, because fakes are ubiquitous. I have a friend who works at the Holocaust Museum as a conservator, and even they have forgeries–Star of David badges and prison uniforms that were made for Hollywood films and later sold by dealers as authentic artifacts.