Afsløringen kommer fra engelske forskere, der på baggrund af analyser af sværdenes klinger kan konstatere, at mange af dem slet ikke er de kendte Ulfberht-sværd, men i virkeligheden vellignende, men billige efterligninger.
Dermed var vikingerne villige til at gøre lidt for gode handler på andres bekostning, og det bekræfter ifølge den ene af forskere, Alan Williams, at de var et handelsfolk.
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