who are told that they're buying the recently stolen exhibit.
The advantage of this scheme being that, even if they realize they've been sold a fake,
the buyers can't go to the police.
To bring the matter to court, buyers would have to admit that they tried to purchase stolen items under the table.
That's why the Phantom Lady's original theft of the three exhibits was the last one reported.
Then she gave you the piles of replicas she collected