I think it is hilarious that people would buy a fake one and wonder if they would buy a fake Ferrari or a fake scottish family crest? 

I've seen many totem poles. Some carved by "whites". The ones carved to look or copy the "cultural guidelines" of quite a few Alaska Native cultures and mass produced, are fake. Just like the one lying on the floor. 

I want to start collecting fake totem poles, then open a museum. Call it Alaska Misappropriation Museum. Have a "Made in China" section... Have a section for those made Mexico... Or those made in a alley in Spenard by a white dude from Arkansas who lost his slope job for drinking and fighting.  Lol