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Hofmann sells the Anthon forgery to LDS for $20,000. Hofmann becomes a star, his status in the Mormon community skyrockets. Church leaders eager to promote Mormon history, embrace him....

The Mormon church believes he is touched by God...

He certainly had more access to the church's historical department... it seemed like they fell all over themselves letting him see whatever he wanted to see...

He has reached the pinnacle of the forgers art... but nine years of criminal activity have changed Hoffman's character... he started staying nice hotels, flew first class, buying new things, put money down on a big house... Hoffman was getting caught up in the lifestyle.. and sometimes crooks begin to believe what is deception is actual reality.

This just blew me away. The exact same thing could be said of Joseph Smith..

Hoffman and Smith were cut from the same cloth!

He's like a lot of con men who get involved in these kinds of things... they don't make a lot of money, they go through a lot of money...