{"id":29513,"date":"2015-03-18T02:57:58","date_gmt":"2015-03-18T02:57:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dev.trueactivist.com\/?p=29513"},"modified":"2019-02-15T07:27:22","modified_gmt":"2019-02-15T07:27:22","slug":"statues-destroyed-in-isis-videos-are-confirmed-fake-t1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trueactivist.com\/statues-destroyed-in-isis-videos-are-confirmed-fake-t1\/","title":{"rendered":"Statues Destroyed In ISIS Videos Are Confirmed Fake"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/a>Last month, alleged ISIS soldiers were shown on video destroying ancient relics and statues. The videos created a global uproar, and deepened western animosity towards the Islamic State. However, according to recent reports the whole thing was a hoax, and the ancient statues and relics were exact replicas of the real thing.<\/p>\n The suspicions were confirmed by\u00a0Baghdad\u2019s museum director who says that the originals are all safe and sound in the museum<\/p>\n \u201cThey were copies. The originals are all here,\u201d<\/em>\u00a0he told Germany\u2019s Deutsche Welle.<\/a><\/p>\n Iraq\u2019s cultural heritage authority,\u00a0Fawzye al-Mahdi, also commented on the video, telling Deutsche Welle,\u00a0that none of the artifacts that appeared in the video were original.<\/p>\n \u201cThe reason they crumble so easily is that they’re made of plaster. You can see iron bars inside,”<\/em> Mark Altaweel of the Institute of Archaeology at University College, London told reporters.<\/p>\n