Alternatively, they would approach the regional Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) office, show them the same photographs of the replicas, as well as the replicas themselves, and secure a non-antiquity certificate. It helped that the exporter was required to bring the items to the ASI office for inspection, rather than the ASI official inspecting them at the time of shipping. A certificate, valid for 180 days, to export would then be given. In the deliberately undervalued export consignment, the genuine antique would, once again, be shipped off along with the replicas.
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