[Anti-Bubba182]

If they want to make the best fake gold they replace gold with tungsten, which is very close in weight. The Chinese are good at faking gold and do it in the open! Lord knows how much fake Gold is out there.

This Chinese Company Proudly Sells Tungsten-Filled Gold Bars

This is the better method. A replacement with copper, which is much lighter is easier to discover.

[rxsid]

"The Chinese are good at faking gold and do it in the open! Lord knows how much fake Gold is out there."

They're also good at faking just about anything of value...Louis Vuitton, Gucci, heck...even Nike's.

China, the land of the fakes.

[dynachrome]

“replace gold with tungsten”

Yup. Harder to detect, depending on how thick a coating of gold you use. Using copper is just cheap and greedy.