Scam? Tut Ankh Amon Exhibition

Japanese people love culture and art. The tendency is accelerating in the season of Autumn as people believe "Autumn is best season for arts." If you visit any museums on weekend, you would be surprised to see too many visitors. It's like a very crowded train in rush hour...Recently, "Tut Ankh Amon Exhibition(ツタンカーメン展)" has been held in the Ueno Royal Museum(上野の森美術館). Although the entrance fee is JPY3,000 on  weekend(two times higher than usual ones), advanced tickets were sold out. I went there before the opening time of 9 am on Saturday, but there was already a very long queue...

Advertisement of Tut Ankh Amon Exhibition

Long queue....

We waited patiently....for one hour to see the golden mask of Tut Ankh Amon. A TV company, the sponsor of this Exhibition advertised as "Tut Ankh Amon came to Japan for the first time since 1965!",when the golden mask was presented for the first time here. 

The  exhibition itself was interesting with precious items and detailed explanation though we noticed exaggeration to some extent. But even though we went to the last exhibition room, there was no golden mask. Instead, we saw a very small canopic, a small case which contained organs of Tut Ankh Amon....

This was not....

But this!

Finally I noticed the advertisement picture was not the golden mask but the expansion of this small canopic...this is a scam, isn't it? So disappointing. Other people also seemed to have similar impressions. If you plan to visit the Museum to see the golden mask of Tut Ankh Amon, be careful!

Tut Ankh Amon Exhibition(ツタンカーメン展)  http://kingtut.jp/