When she was older, anna travelled to many countries. hundreds of people came to hear her talk and to see the skull. everyone believed it was an an ancient mayan aobject from around 1500 bce. some people believed it was magical. many years later, other people found more crystal skulls. scientists looked at one crystal skull with a powerful microscope. while they were looking through the microscope, they saw small machine-made marks. these showed that the skull was modern. we now know that the skulls are all fake! someone probably made them in germany in the 19 th or 20 th century. did anna's father buy the skull? did he hide it for her to find? did they make up the story? maybe the skull knows the secret!