Say it ain't so, Storage Wars is "faked"

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3. Of course a lot of it is staged

You don't find ancient artifacts in storage lockers. However, Hester (though I sort of liked him -- he just buys in bulk and tries to sell it as a win even when it's a loss as an old buyer's tactic) is exaggerating. I know someone who runs a storage facility where they've filmed. The bidders do not know what's in the lockers, only the producers do. Some of the competitive bidders are extras, but the actual bidding is real. Oh, and they never cut or saw a lock off a locker. Most of it is digital now.