"What!"
"No way!"
When they heard Chu Chen say that, everyone else was shocked.
Ye Peigen looked incredulous. "Curator Chu, are you sure you're not joking?"
Chu Chen smiled. "At a time like this, how could I make such a joke? Leaving aside other places, look at these areas where the glaze has peeled. Although they're realistic enough, they're still slightly different from naturally peeled glaze."
Hearing this, Ye Peigen and Wei Shenghuan hurried over to examine them carefully. The result left them deeply embarrassed. The peeled areas really hadn't formed naturally. They had scrutinized them just moments ago, yet had somehow failed to notice this. For a moment, both men looked awkward.
Chu Chen continued, "Also, look at the patina on this piece. Doesn't it seem somewhat unnatural?"
The two hurriedly looked again. At first, they hadn't noticed anything wrong. It was only after Chu Chen told them how to examine it that they discovered something.
Both men were shocked and puzzled by the result. Ye Peigen asked, "Curator Chu, since you knew this was a fake, why did you still buy it?"
Chu Chen asked in return, "Have you ever heard of Cai Jianxuan? He was Zhang Huo Ni's successor two generations removed. This piece should have been made by him recently."
They had indeed never heard of Cai Jianxuan, but Zhang Huo Ni's successor was a name they knew well. However, when they heard Chu Chen say that this piece had been made recently by Cai Jianxuan, they couldn't help feeling astonished.
Wei Shenghuan frowned. "Wasn't this man arrested? There's no way he could have been released already, right?"
"That's certainly impossible..." Chu Chen explained the whole situation to them.
After hearing what had happened, Ye Peigen and Wei Shenghuan were both dumbfounded.
After a while, Ye