I think your book analogy would be much more accurate if the hypothetical forger were to print and bind their own hard copy of the book, and then pass it off as

I think your book analogy would be much more accurate if the hypothetical forger were to print and bind their own hard copy of the book, and then pass it off as an original printing. Plenty of people are perfectly fine with buying replications of artwork, books, etc., when they know this is the case. Our human nature to place a much higher value on original items is probably more of an emotional response than a logical one.