Evolution/Creation Book p90`Finally in 1953,the hoax was uncovered when modern techniques revealed that human and ape bones had been put toghether and artically aged'.
Also said to be a fraud.
Fraud;deliberate deception intended to gain an advantage(eg monetary gain or fame).
Hoax;implies actual joke
The piltdown illustration is different from the one 1n Ape-men Fact or fallacy p6 WHY?
The human/ape bones are hardly put together in their illustration(The organ-utan was broken at the condyle.
Bones of Contention p42 informs us that Dawson used potassium bichromate to harden/preserve the skull(PB also artically ages items) and that the skull may have been a legitime find originating from a mass grave during the great plague of AD1348-9.
The skull may have been a genuine find,only the subsequent finds were all fake!