Take the Book of Rites as an example. This law was revised in the Zhou Dynasty, which stipulated the management measures of food counterfeiting. If the food is not cooked, it can't be sold in the market. It is the earliest law to control counterfeit money in the history of China. The Han dynasty also had relevant systems to control counterfeiting.
The fake workshops in Han Dynasty all had a certain scale. Therefore, the court suppressed it very badly, and basically all the people caught were put in prison. The Law of the Tang Dynasty is a relatively perfect law, with sound legal provisions from food to commodities, from ordinary silver to official silver.
He was sentenced to one year in prison according to the law for failing to buy meat. If they cause death, they are sentenced to death; Silver and silver are strictly controlled, and it is generally difficult to cheat, but if found, they will often be executed.
During the Warring States period, there were also some such regulations. As stipulated by Wei, drug sellers are not allowed to take drugs at will, but should take drugs according to prescriptions. Those who violate orders will be severely punished according to law. If it causes casualties, it will be imprisoned for two and a half years.
Although the above-mentioned written laws to control counterfeiting are comprehensive, in a strict degree, the provisions of the Qin Dynasty are better. As we all know, Qin's law is one of the strictest laws in history, and it is also the most cruel. For example, manufacturing counterfeit silver and selling counterfeit drugs, if verified, will be sentenced to capital punishment such as nose digging and eye digging.
Even now, the phenomenon of counterfeiting still exists. Because of better technical means, basically anything can be faked, such as ancient paintings, ancient cultural relics, fake and inferior commodities, but fortunately, today's laws will never tolerate counterfeiting.