I really don t agree that forgery implies there is a real one The Protocols are very frequently referred to as a forgery and similarly for the Hitler Diaries and countless fake archaeological artifacts The word only implies that something is presented as genuine when it isn t A fake copy of a known painting is a forgery but so is a fake previously unknown painting of a famous artist All dictionaries that I consulted agree e g Merriam Webster refers to making or copying But I won t argue about this further if nobody else agrees I can also go with fraudulent book which is more informative than fraud and not so soap boxy as lie Fraudulent document would also be ok it wasn t first published as a book talk