Article RV68 Lunar conspiracy: the people who stole the moon – in pictures

Lunar conspiracy: the people who stole the moon – in pictures

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After the Apollo missions, Richard Nixon donated 270 moon rocks to the world. Now, only 180 are accounted for - the rest are missing. There's a market in fakes, plus an undercover operation called Lunar Eclipse to track down the forgers. Photographer Annabel Elgar has trooped all over the world to track down the remaining rocks for her series Cheating the Moon. But which are real and which are fakes?

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