One of the fears of AI in relation to photography and visual culture in general is that truth and authenticity are threatened. Perhaps this is justified, but even before the arrival of digital technology there were instances where separating ideas of fact and fiction in the visual arts was not straightforward. Many forms of photography rely upon invention and artifice. And of course, ‘found’ material has long been employed by creatives. In the case of museum artefacts, which are often perceived as a dependable store of accumulated factual evidence, there are times when ‘truth’ is called into question. The term ‘contested object’ is often used to describe an artefact that is now felt to be wrongly part of a museum’s collection. It may be that an argument has come to the fore that contests the ownership of the artefact or challenges the ‘truths’ that have generally been ascribed to it. Cultural artefacts and the portrayal of Others is another problematic area when it comes to pinning down facts. It might be said that, in the subject/object relationship that characterises the looker and the looked at, ideas of authenticity are often hazy and questionable. This work conjures up new ‘historic’ artefacts with the help of AI. Figurines and other object d'art with their origins in the past, for all their aesthetic charm, tell a particular story with regard to power relationships concerning social and cultural groups. In this work, the ‘truths’ told by objects of the past are playfully meddled with.