Original sentence: He also said that he had not made all the stones.He was not punished, and continued to sell similar stones to tourists as trinkets.In his Encyclopedia of Dubious Archaeology: From Atlantis To The Walam Olum, archaeologist Ken Feder commented "The Ica Stones are not the most sophisticated of the archaeological hoaxes discussed in this book, but they certainly rank up there as the most preposterous.The stones continued to be made and carved by other artists as forgeries of the original forgeries.These are recognised as modern curiosities or hoaxes.Uschuya, after claiming them to be real ancient artifacts, admitted to creating the carvings he had sold and said he produced a patina by baking the stone in cow dung
Edited sentence: Uschuya, after claiming them to be real ancient artifacts, stated he had carved the stones he had sold and said he produced a patina by baking the stone in cow dung in order to avoid punishment by legal authorities