Real or Fake
Bedrock had to be used to carve out an authentic sphinx head in ancient Egypt. Though the Californian find was imposing, it was made of lighter material. The archaeologists had white powder all over their hands afterward.
The Prop
Aliens hadn’t teleported a sphinx to California or anything like that. Instead, people believed it was from The Ten Commandments, starring Charlton Heston in 1956. However, the head had to come from an older film, which happened through visual effects.