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Sachi, have you ever been a collector of like anything?

I want to say no, but I know that I have a problem, which is that I like buying stuff that looks like other stuff.

Same. Oh my God. Right? Like a Trumploi is unfortunately putting me in bankruptcy. I know.

I own a lot of purses shaped like other things. And I have a small collection of fake cigarettes.

I love candles that look like real objects and I never burn them. I've

like become an old lady. I know this is what I don't buy them anymore. I went to Target the other

day and they had a bunch of candles shaped like cakes and I had to talk myself out of it. Oh my God.

I know what I'm going to get you as a gift. Just buying it brings me joy. Okay. I can't wait.

But I do have to stop myself from becoming this kind of person because I know how far it can go.

And I don't want to be that person.

But today, we're going to talk about a true artist and scammer who cornered the market on an incredibly niche art form.

But he underestimated the fact that collectors like me are total freaks,

and you can't fool a true fan.

It's early 2021, and Doug Arbiter is at home in York, Pennsylvania.

Doug is in his mid-50s, tall, and wears clear-rimmed glasses.

He's an anesthesiologist and an executive for a New Jersey health care system.

But his real passion is collecting antique medical equipment.

It's more of a lifelong obsession, really.

Doug has been collecting this stuff since he was a kid. He has over 3,000 pieces in his collection, anatomy dioramas,

surgical knives, candlesticks, even leech jars. Some of this stuff is centuries old.

Doug cares about his collection so much that he spent nearly half a million

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