However, when a seller knowingly sells an item as being an original, when it is not, this is when the item is called a forgery. If the seller states that it is not an original, then it is a reproduction. There is a fine line in the wording, between the two options and you, the buyer must understand. So many items change hands in estate sales, garage sales, flea markets and now over on-line auctions. Items are sold and re-sold many times.
Dealers often end up with items where-by they reassign a new history.
No one is the wiser. About 200 of these were made 25 years ago, not in South East Asia, but in the United States. The original sold for a few thousand dollars. The copies were to have been sold for a few hundred. These are exchanging hands and circulating around the country.