In Japan, there was nothing a bow and an apology could not resolve. If there was, then get down on your hands and knees.
But the colossal lie told by the "archaeological immortal," Shinichi Fujimura, had done far too much damage. After his fraud was exposed, even kneeling at a press conference and tearfully begging forgiveness had not stopped the police from bringing charges against him.
In the end, this archaeological immortal was diagnosed with "dissociative identity disorder" and sent to Fukushima Prefectural Psychiatric Hospital.
The archaeologists attending the meeting looked grim at the thought of that Paleolithic artifact forgery scandal.
The year the fraud was exposed had been the darkest hour for Japan's entire archaeological community. Many of their colleagues had been ashamed to tell people they worked in archaeology.
Naturally, the archaeologist would not bring up that disgrace of his own accord. He briefly introduced the methods used to date stone tools.
"So that's how it works."
After listening to the explanation, the Metropolitan Police Department bureaucrat sat back down, deeply disappointed.
"The stone bowl appears to be made of marble, but its Mohs hardness is extraordinary. It reaches 10, putting it on the same level as diamond, the hardest substance in nature."
"The stone bowl also shows no signs of human carving. It seems to have formed naturally-a true masterpiece of nature."
After Buddha's Stone Bowl was delivered to the secret base overnight, all the researchers were mobilized to work overtime testing it.
In the laboratory, the stone bowl did not emit the golden Buddhist light it had before and seemed to have nothing supernatural about it. Yet examination revealed extraordinary properties at every turn.
"This really is remarkable!"
"As expected of something from Great King Enma's collection. It truly is exceptional."
"The most special thing is