Not sure if this is true, but it definately could be. I while back I saw a chinese website that sold tungsten and they stated that one of the uses for it could be to make counterfeit gold, so they were really out in the open about it. If there is alot of fake gold out there, prices could go up, or people just might give up on gold alltogether and decide they dont want it anymore. Either way, silver would be the better investment as nobody is counterfeiting that and if gold goes up, silver will go up with it. If people give up on gold, they will all jump to silver then (and maybe platinum too). Either way, you win with silver.