The Statue

I placed the statue into the acid bath and waited.

A lot of people had died over this statue, from the natives killed as it was, uh, 'discovered', to the various double crosses between thieves that had occured between then and now.

And now, thanks to two treasure hunters trying to cut each other out at the same time via two gunshots, it came into my hands.

But I had to make sure it was what it was supposed to be. Hence the acid bath.

After a few moments, I stirred it.

Given it was empty, I had my answer.