Abstract
The art of forgery is as old as the alphabet. The crime of forgery has been practiced since ancient times in every country where writing existed and paper was used for financial transactions. Laws against forgery can be traced to 80 bc when the Romans prohibited the falsification of documents that transferred land to heirs. Forgery was prevalent in Europe in the Middle Ages. Gradually laws were passed to prohibit forgeries in every developed country, but it was difficult to identify some of the highly skilled forgeries.
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(2007). History of Forgery. In: Forensic Document Examination. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59745-301-1_5
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