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by chebucto 4142 days ago
This same problem happened to the Ethiopian central bank. One batch, which had been bought from a trader, was discovered to be fake fairly quickly; another batch of faked gold, seized from smugglers, had been in their vaults for years.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7294665.stm