These have been most likely left by various artists and students who sketched and drew the thing within the galleries ever since they were constructed. Similar pencil marks on the plaster surfaces have been noticed by the authors in artwork schools’ collections, as for instance the one in the Hatton Gallery in Newcastle upon Tyne. The authentic tombstone is dated 1194 and is still positioned in Hildesheim Cathedral. In 1873, the Museum acquired a quantity of plaster casts of key sculptural decorations in Hildesheim Cathedral, all produced by Küsthardt, among them, the tombstone, bought immediately from Küsthardt in 1873 for £6. Monuments grew to become bigger and much less expensive as they had been mass produced in stock patterns and sizes. Some monument corporations nonetheless unloaded large blocks of stone off railroad flatbeds and sawed and carved unique monuments as wanted, however many others began to order pre- made monuments from manufacturers close to quarries, right alongside the prepare tracks.