Pennsylvania · Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, Title 18 (Crimes & Offenses)
18 Pa.C.S. § 4102: Simulating objects of antiquity, rarity, etc
What this law says, in plain English
A person commits a first-degree misdemeanor by making, altering, or presenting an object to appear valuable due to antiquity, rarity, source, or authorship it does not possess, with intent to defraud or knowledge of facilitating fraud.
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