The Silver Griffin that the U.S. Gave to Iranian President Rouhani Is a Fake

The Silver Griffin that the U.S. Gave to Iranian President Rouhani Is a Fake – Tablet Magazine:
"Sometimes an ancient artifact symbolizes more than its admirers necessarily imagine.
Take for example the silver griffin that was returned by the United States to Iran as a gesture of respect and—at least according to tea-leaf readers—a sign of an emerging thaw between the two nations.

There’s only one problem:
It’s a fake.
Not only is it a fake, it’s a bad fake. "