A look-alike is an exact replica bags  reproduction, such as of a painting, as it was executed by the original artist or a copy or reproduction, especially one on a scale smaller than the original.
A look-alike is a copying closely similar to the original concerning its shape and appearance. An inside-out look-alike complements the original by filling its breaks. It's rather a copy used for historical purposes, such as being slipped into a museum. Sometimes the original never existed. Replicas and reproductions can be related to any form of licensing an image for others to use, whether it is through photos, postcards, designs, miniature or full size copies they represent a likeness of the original object.
"Not all incorrectly ascribed items are purposive forgeries. In the same manner that a museum shop might sell a print of a painting or a look-alike of a floral vases, copies of sculptures, work, and other precious artifacts have been popular through the ages.
However, replicas have often been used illegally for forgery and counterfeits, especially of money and coins, but also commercial merchandise such as designer label clothing, luxury bags and accessories, and luxury watches. In martial arts styles or collectible automobiles, the term "replica" is used for discussing the non-original recreation, sometimes hiding its real identity.
In motor racing, especially motorcycling, often manufacturers will produce a street version product with the colors of the vehicle or clothing of a famous speed. This is not the actual vehicle or clothing worn during the race by the speed, but a totally technically approved brand-new street-legal product in similar looks. Typically found in helmets, race suits/clothing, and bikes, they are colored in the style of racers, and often carry the highest performance and safety specifications of any street-legal products. These high-performance race-look products named "Replica", are priced higher and are usually more sought-after than plain colors of the same product. Because of handgun ownership rules in some locales, handgun collectors create non-functional legal replicas of illegal firearms. Such replicas are also preferred to real firearms when used as a prop in a film or stage performance, generally for safety reasons. A prop look-alike is an authentic-looking duplicate of a prop from a video game, movie or tv series.
"Replicas represent a copy or forgery of another object and we often think of forgeries we think of work but, in fact, most things is collectible and expensive is an attractive item to forge".
Replicas have been of visitors to preserve a perceived hyperlink to the past. This can be connected to a heritage or specific time-period or just to remember an experience. Replicas and reproductions of artifacts help provide a material representation of the past for the public. Replicas of artifacts and art have a purpose within museums and research. They are created to help with conserving of original artifacts. In many cases the original artifact may be too frail and stay to much at risk from further damage on display posing a risk to the artifact from light damage, environmental agents, and other risks greater than in secure storage.
Replicas are created for the purpose of trial and error archaeology where archaeologists and material analysts try to understand the techniques an artifact is made and what technologies and skills were needed for the people to create the artifact on display.