Just a follow up to the wood story above. So the seller advised that I pour warm water over it (between 40 and 50 degree Celsius) so I can smell the Aleoswood, so I did pour hot water over one end. no smell, just a slight varnish smell but when the chip dried look at how it looks vs. how it originally looked
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you can clearly see how the left side looks faint and has lost all the dark lines vs. the right side/unwashed. I am convinced now that thia piece has been altered either by staining or painting