U.S. Customs and Border Protection seized more than 3,000 fake Gibson guitars worth nearly $19 million, had they been genuine.

Authorities say U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents have seized more than 3,000 fake Gibson electric guitars shipped from Asia at the Los Angeles-Long Beach Seaport

Officers and Import Specialists assigned to the LA/Long Beach Seaport, in conjunction with U.S. Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Special Agents, Los Angeles

They would have been worth nearly $18 million if they were genuine, making it the largest counterfeit instrument seizure in history, officials said.

Thousands of fake Gibson electric guitars were seized this week in California that could have sold for millions of dollars, according to officials.

Federal officials have seized more than $18 million in fake Gibson guitars in what was the largest counterfeit musical instrument seizure in history.

Thousands of counterfeit Gibson electric guitars were seized at the Los Angeles-Long Beach Seaport, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

Thousands of counterfeit Gibson electric guitars were seized in a multi-agency investigation at the Los Angeles-Long Beach Seaport.

Over 3,000 counterfeit Gibsons – along with a handful of fake Fenders, Gretsch guitars, and PRS guitars – were seized after arriving in the US in ocean containers from Asia