The brevity of the inscription, as well as a somewhat sloppy appearance, point to a crude forgery intended to explain the rock in terms of Old World civilizations.

Some clever forgeries purport to show an inverted head with different head dies, which are obvious, and crude forgeries are plentiful.

In interviews this week, several leading Indian political scientists and journalists described the supposed evidence against the opposition leader as crude forgeries.

Mr. Cardoso's spokesman, Sergio Amaral, has dismissed the entire dossier as a crude forgery.

They look like crude forgeries to me.

Many of the notes were crude forgeries, but some approached art.

This was a rather crude forgery.

Using little more than a Google search, IAEA experts discovered indications of a crude forgery, such as the use of incorrect names of Nigerien officials.

Russell sailed to India after covering the Crimean War, was repelled by the nasty racism among Anglo-Indians and took note of crude forgeries of Cawnpore atrocities.

Less than three years later, his companies teetering on the edge of bankruptcy and his crude forgeries of Italian bonds coming to light, he shot himself.