Sec. 32.22.  CRIMINAL SIMULATION.  (a)  A person commits an offense if, with intent to defraud or harm another:
(1)  he makes or alters an object, in whole or in part, so that it appears to have value because of age, antiquity, rarity, source, or authorship that it does not have;
(2)  he possesses an object so made or altered, with intent to sell, pass, or otherwise utter it;  or
(3)  he authenticates or certifies an object so made or altered as genuine or as different from what it is.
(b)  An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.
Acts 1973, 63rd Leg., p. 883, ch. 399, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1974.  Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 900, Sec. 1.01, eff. Sept. 1, 1994.