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More than 350 fake Faberge eggs seized at airport

(14 Dec 2010) SHOTLIST 1. Various Faberge eggs on display at Roissy customs services 2. SOUNDBITE (English) Michel Horn, Secretary General of Roissy Customs Services: "These fake eggs were in two parcels and we intervened as we checked the goods which came from Russia. We were very interested because they were declared as (Faberge) eggs and we wanted to see them. When we opened the boxes we realised that in fact they were counterfeit products because it was very easy to see that the value of them was very bad." 3. Various Faberge eggs on display 4. SOUNDBITE (French) Michel Horn, Secretary General of Roissy Customs Services: "It is an exceptional seizure because the value of the real products represents eight million (m) euros (almost 11 million US dollars) so you can see, the value is exceptional. Also we don't see these objects very often. As far as we are concerned, we seize more goods such as textiles, clothes, toys, electronic devices, and also unfortunately sometimes medicines. But as for the Faberge eggs, I have to say that we never saw any in Roissy until now." 5. Close of fake Faberge egg 6. Various shots of a copy of the famous "Lily of the Valley" Faberge egg, UPSOUND music of Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake ballet, from music box inside the egg STORYLINE French customs officials on Tuesday displayed some 354 imitation Faberge eggs, recently seized at France's Roissy-Charles de Gaulle airport. Authorities found the bejeweled eggs last month after suspecting they might be fake - despite a stamp on the boxes showing a two-headed eagle, the symbol of the imperial crown of Russia for which the original Faberge eggs were made in the 1800s. "We were very interested because they were declared as (Faberge) eggs and we wanted to see them. When we opened the boxes we realised that in fact they were counterfeit products because it was very easy to see that the value of them was very bad." Faberge have since confirmed that the eggs were not the real thing. Hidden in two parcels amongst other handicrafts coming from Russia, officials said the eggs were brought to France for sale at Paris' Christmas markets, particularly the crowd-drawing market on the famed Champs-Elysees. The famous ornamental eggs were made for Russia's imperial family in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Russian Czar Alexander III commissioned the first of the elaborate eggs from craftsman Peter Carl Faberge as an Easter gift for his wife Empress Maria Fedorovna. The empress was so enamoured of the 1885 piece - an enameled egg with a gold yolk, gold hen, miniature diamond crown and ruby egg inside that the Czar commissioned a new egg every Easter. After the Czar died in 1894, his son Nicholas continued the tradition until the Russian Revolution in 1917. Nicholas and his family were executed in 1918. Faberge created more than 50 eggs for Russia's imperial family of which 42 have survived. The counterfeit eggs will be destroyed by the customs. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...