In reference to the now-deleted TikTok, Marriott explained that the employee made the decision to incorrectly describe the replica as a 3,000-year-old artifact “to grab attention.”
“By posting something like this, you're letting people know this is OK. So many of these artifacts were plundered and stolen from their original countries and these countries are begging to have their artifacts back and you are going to smash it on the floor?” she asked. “So messed up taking actual historic artifacts and breaking them to sell the pieces. You do better than destroying ancient relics and pieces for a quick buck,” said one review.