Correctly drawn today
Now we know much more. For example, ossified tendons in the tail indicate that the tail did not droop but stood out straight.
Correctly sculpted by ancient peoples.
The clay figurine (below right) is from the Pre-classical Chupicuaro Culture (800 B.C. to 200 A.D.) found near Acambaro, Guanajuato, Mexico. It seems obvious these people knew how Iguanodons appeared in life.
It's not an open question, it's pretty obvious they are frauds
Correctly sculpted by ancient peoples. The clay figurine (below right) is from the Pre-classical Chupicuaro Culture (800 B.C. to 200 A.D.) found near Acambaro, Guanajuato, Mexico. It seems obvious these people knew how Iguanodons appeared in life.
umm, no! It doesn't look like an Iguanodon at all. The hands & legs are wrong and it's too thin
Now look at these
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Dinosaurs simply could not stand that way, their hips couldn't do it and their backs would have broke
Scientist knew this from the from the first time they found their fossils. Just when mounting them in museums, the museum curators found it easier to mount them upright, and because of this the "Godzilla" stance became ingrained into popular culture pretty much up to the 1st Jurassic Park movie.
So it's pretty clear, that these figurines were faked by someone who clearly got their ideas of dinosaurs from popular culture as opposed to actual people seeing real live dinosaurs in the flesh