Doubts over Cao tomb's authenticity

This week, an excavation team in Henan Province, announced they'd uncovered the tomb of Cao Cao, a famous warlord who ruled northern China during the Three Kingdoms period. But, scholars and experts rose quickly to question the authenticity of the find, dismissing the evidence as unreliable.

A few years ago, local workers accidently unearthed the tomb while they were digging mud to make bricks. But they didn't report the find to authorities. Since then, the tomb has been raided several times.

No one knew the owner of the tomb until local authorities seized some stone tablets reportedly from tomb raiders. The tablets bear inscriptions of "King Wu of Wei," Cao Cao's title after his death nearly 18-hundred years ago.

However, scholars in Beijing are questioning the authenticity of the relics.

Yuan Jixi, Vice Director of Renmin University, said, "It doesn't make sense. Historical records say that the tomb is protected by 72 decoys, so where are the rest?"

The tomb of Cao Cao, a renowned warlord and politician in the third  century, was unearthed in Anyang City of central China's Henan Province.