Antique piracy was not unusual, especially since Anna's grandfather lived in a time that coincided with World War II. It was a year of turmoil in all countries, and it was a bit more lenient in that regard.

Although everyone knows the truth of "prosperous antiques, gold in troubled times", in the view of the old fritters who have the ability to preserve themselves in the troubled times, the troubled times are just a good opportunity to collect antiques. In troubled times, antiques cannot be eaten or drunk, and most of the people who have antiques and are unable to protect themselves hope to sell the antiques in their hands for real money. If the antique was damaged in the war, or simply destroyed, it is really worthless, and when the antique is gone, the money is gone, but it is really a big loss.

Therefore, it is precisely because of the low price of antiques in troubled times, so some people specialize in buying antiques in troubled times, and then throw out the antiques in their hands at a high price after the situation is stable.

Anna's grandfather took the opportunity to get the prototype of the Sphinx, which was not easy to transport from Egypt, during World War II, which made perfect sense. In the same way, in order to prevent this from being known to others, those who destroyed the prototype of the Sphinx after finding it, and then polished it off and transported the Sphinx as a stone, naturally greatly reduced the danger of this matter.

Just thinking about it, Zheng Zheng felt that this really made some sense. As long as these stones can be put together to form a sphinx, even if the "human face" is worn off, as long as it can be proved that these stones are from the same stone as the Egyptian sphinx, then it can still prove that this is the prototype statue of the sphinx.

I pondered in my heart, but Zheng Zheng had no way to prove his idea. He can't ask Anna about that, can he? Does that mean that Anna's grandfather was an antiquities criminal who bought stolen goods and even instructed others to steal them for him......?

After pondering for a while, Zheng Zheng shook his head and said in his heart: "How love comes from, it has nothing to do with Lao Tzu anyway." I'll find a way to restore this sphinx first......"

Since there are no traces on the surface of the stone that can provide an idea of assembly, Zheng Zheng simply starts from the base of the stone statue. Being able to spell out the bottom part of the stone statue first, this is always a big improvement, isn't it?

Generally speaking, the base of something like a stone statue is relatively easy to put together. Because no matter what state the statue was in before, whether it was buried in the ground or soaked in water, as long as the stone statue was left on the ground for a short period of time, the bottom and surface of the base of the stone statue will always be a little different. Although it is difficult to find these differences after so many years, the side of the stone statue that sticks to the ground is always different from the other parts of the stone.

After rummaging for more than an hour, Zheng Zheng selected dozens of stones. All of these stones have a common feature, that is, one side of these stones is less eroded than the others, and the color is slightly different, which is the result of clinging to the ground for many years. However, these stones have been in Anna's family for many years, and when they are stored, due to humidity or the ground of the storage location, there will be some slight changes to the side of these stones against the ground. It is precisely because of this that Zheng Zheng also took a lot of effort to select these stones.

Let these strong men take these stones aside, and Zheng Zheng began to squat on the side of these stones and play jigsaw puzzles.

Zheng Zheng pondered, since these stones that were originally the base of the stone statue have been found, all that remains is to find a way to put these stones together and piece out the bottom point of the sphinx. If there is an accident, it is at most that Zheng Zheng was blind when he was choosing stones, and picked in some stones that did not belong to the pedestal, which was harmless at all.

But when he really got started with such a fight, Zheng Zheng knew that he was really too young: these stones couldn't be put together at all.

In Zheng Zheng's mind, even if some of these stones picked out by him were wrong, most of them should be fine. But when Zheng Zheng got started, he found the problem with these stones.

If these stones are the stones of the lowest layer of the statue, then it goes without saying that the outermost circle of stones should have a more severely worn and weathered surface. As for the other parts of the stone, one side should be more worn than the others, and this side is the one that clings to the ground.

When Zheng Zheng chose the stones, he followed this line of thought. But as soon as he waved his hand, Zheng Zheng found that some of these stones actually had three more worn sections, and the rest also had two more worn sections. When Zheng Zheng found out these stones, he conducted a "sea selection" according to the wear surface of the stones, but what he didn't expect to find were all these stones that were completely different from what he expected.

Let's say you take a potato and wash it, then you cut the potato into large slices, and then you cut each large slice into thick strips, and then you cut those thick strips into potato cubes. What Zheng Zheng is looking for is this kind of "potato grains". What he found now was more like a banana cut into a banana waist.

That's not right at all......

"I'll ...... Which one is this?" Zheng Zheng looked at this pile of stones is great luck, he really couldn't understand why he found it according to the method he imagined, but it was not the same thing as what he imagined to be looking for.

Taking a puff of cigarette, Zheng Zheng turned his heart sideways and didn't care: "Damn, since you have found such a thing, let's start with these things first." I'd like to see what these rocks can pile up into. ”

Zheng Zheng didn't think much about it, and beckoned those strong men to come over and let them try to put these stones together. They were doing it here, Zheng Zheng pondered for a while, and then walked to the stones that were spread out by the strong men and looked for a while.

This search made Zheng Zheng not know whether to be happy or to cry: there were two and three stones with more serious wear profiles, and more than 30 pieces were found.

Zheng Zheng didn't bother to think about it, so he asked people to move these stones he picked out to the other side and play jigsaw puzzles with those stones.

I have to say that the brother who destroyed this stone statue at that time was really a bit powerful. I don't know how he cut it, but the cross-sections of the stones are so neat that they are almost the same size. Looking at this situation, Zheng Zheng couldn't help but praise him in his heart, "I'll fuck you ......"

This job is really beautiful, but Zheng Zheng wants to scold people, and it is precisely because the person who does this job is so beautiful. These picked out stones can be put together by two stones of similar size, and they can basically be matched. Even if there is a slight error in size, the largest and smallest of these stones, the size error of the profile is only about five centimeters, not to mention the others.

The work done by the unknown brother Tai made the restoration work extremely difficult, and often the stones were put together to look a little different, but they found that one of the stones was a little bigger, and the wrong position, so they had to be torn down and restarted.

The key is that these stones are built up little by little, just like building a pillar so high, if you find the problem found early, it is easy to do, but if you find it late, it will be too disturbing. Each of these stones has to be handled gently, and there can be no bumps, although those strong men are very strong, but it is not only a matter of physical strength that cannot stand it.

Although Zheng Zheng has always been in command on the side, he doesn't need to do it, but Zheng Zheng is enough to worry after this problem. This kind of thing is okay once or twice, but it has been too many times, and Zheng Zheng is annoyed enough.

Zheng Zheng is also very embarrassed to let these strong men rework because of his own problems, so he lets these strong men rest for a while from time to time. The English of these strong men is not bad, and Zheng Zheng has no problem communicating with them, so Zheng Zheng also asked these strong men for their opinions to see if they have any ways to compare the high poles.

Aside from those more unreliable methods, some people have really proposed a seemingly good method, that is, to use a professional scanner to scan these stones one by one, transfer the data to the computer, and then splice them in the computer.

This proposal made Zheng Zheng's heart warm for a while, and he said that if he could really use this thing, then how convenient would you say...... However, after he inquired about the general situation of the scanner, Zheng Zheng's heart couldn't get hot.

The scanner can indeed make the size of the stone into data and send it to the computer, and then convert it into a three-dimensional model in the computer. The effect of scanning is still very good, such as some small marks on the stones, which can be perfectly reproduced.

But the key problem is that what the scanner scans is a model, and there are many subjective things that the scanner can't do. For example, if something is old or new, it basically makes no difference after the scanner converts the data and then passes it to the computer. What the human eye can see, and can subjectively distinguish, scanners don't have.

It's really a matter of subjective judgment, but it's also the most important one. Although there is basically no big difference between these stones, if you look closely, you can still distinguish which stones are more weathered and which ones are slightly heavier. This is a very important consideration when piecing together the stones.

The results of the scanner do not provide such a judgment to a person on the computer.