Claim: Gaetano Cara (1803 – 1877) was an Italian treasure hunter and naturalist who practiced forgery and sold forged idols to European museums and served as the director of the natural history museum Regio Museo di Storia Naturale di Cagliari and Museo Archeologico di Cagliari.
Evidence: Gaetano Cara (1803 – 1877) was an Italian archaeologist and naturalist primarily interested in ornithology. He practiced forgery and selling forged idols to many European museums. Gaetano Cara was Director of the natural history museum Regio Museo di Storia Naturale di Cagliari from 1840 to 1858 and then of Museo Archeologico di Cagliari from 1862.