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‘The next Mark Hofmann’? Some of the historic Mormon documents Utahn sold were stolen from universities, court papers say; others were just fakes

There was an 1830 Book of Mormon that Kevin Schuwer was supposed to sell on behalf of the owner. Schuwer has since admitted he never forwarded the money to the seller.

There also was a photo of Orson F. Whitney, an early 20th-century apostle in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Charging documents say Schuwer stole it from the special collections at Utah State University’s library in Logan.

Add to those items Latter-day Saint texts and other goods described in court papers as counterfeits: an 1835 hymnal and an 1849 gold coin. Schuwer admitted in court that he sold both fakes for a combined $125,000.