It takes experience to be able to tell the difference between real and fake antiques, and Chin Cheng-te has been cheated in the past. Once he published cards featuring a "Republic of China Secret Agent ID" that he bought on the Internet, only to discover later that many items of this kind found on the antique market are forged and usually directed specifically toward inexperienced people interested in antiques.
辨別古物真偽要靠經驗，秦政德過去也曾受騙上當，把一紙網路上標到的「中華民國政府潛伏證」發行明信片。後來他才發現古物市場裡這類情報證件多乃偽作，專門用來矇騙對古文物有興趣但閱歷不足的收藏新手。