Core argument: Most fakes get sold because buyers only ever compare photo-to-photo, never touch a real piece. The blog's opening line pushes back on that — insist on touch access or a video of the board back before paying.

The 5 tests, condensed:

1. Gold — real 22k foil glows warm and matte, ages unchanged for years; fakes flash harder under light and green/dull within months.
2. Muck relief — hand-built texture has depth and slight asymmetry under touch; machine/puff-paint fakes are suspiciously uniform and flat.
3. Stones — genuine stones are embedded in wet paste, no glue line; fake rhinestones are glued on top and can pop off with a fingernail.
4. Board & frame — real ones use solid wood + tamarind-cloth base + teak/rosewood frame, feels heavy and rigid; fakes use MDF/foam, feel light, flex under pressure.
5. Face under zoom — hand brushwork shows line variation; printed faces resolve into CMYK dots at high zoom — hardest test to fake.

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