72:, with Brígido Lara among them. An antiquities expert declared Lara's forgeries genuine. While serving his prison sentence, Lara requested fresh clay, and to prove his innocence, he created just the items he was accused of smuggling. The same antique expert declared them genuine as well. Lara was released in January 1975.
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