now on the reverse side of the dividing pillar, niankhknum and khnumhotep embrace again, and a third time on the opposite wall of this small chamber. they are without their children in this innermost sanctuary. each man has a "false door," a carved, slot-like niche surrounded by inscriptions which was produced in the royal workshops and installed in the tomb. niankhknum's is seriously damaged. the false door provided an accessway for the deceased, as a spiritual being, to reach offerings left at the tomb by the living. these offerings were to be set on plinths in front of the false doors. behind the false doors is a small statue closet known as the serdab. a statue of each man would have been placed here, facing the chamber as if to watch visitors come and go, but invisible to the offering-bringers since the false doors are actually solid. it appears that tomb robbers removed the statues in antiquity; they are no longer extant.