These four portraits are forgeries (both pictures and captions):

1. Fragments of pottery in red figure style, which were found in Southern Italy. They probably used to be part of a lekuthos (oil flask) from Classical Greece (mid 5th century bce), presumably Attika. The representation could well be a portrait of historian Herodotos.

2. Manuscript illumination on parchment, most likely a portrait of Frankish King and Emperor Charlemagne. It was made by craftsmen at his court at Aachen (shortly after 800 ce).

3. Stone carving with traces of pigment, which was recently discovered near Qassiarsuk (the current name of Brattahlid) in Greenland. Investigators assume that the image represents Norseman Leif Ericsson and it may have been created about the year 1000 ce to commemorate the founding of the Vinland colony. The rock with the 4.5 m. high image quickly became an attraction for summer tourists.

4. Felt carpet, which turned up form the estate of a former Romanian government official (who served under the Ceausescu regime). The heirs insist that it contains the image of Attila the Hun. Cautious experts reject that claim, but carbon dating proved that the carpet originates from the 1st half of the 5th century ce.