How were kings not “hacked” in the olden days?

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Specifically, I’m talking about their signet rings, seals, etc.
Couldn’t someone just make a copy? Or make one that looks extremely similar?
Imagine “hacking” the king. You could start wars or do whatever you wanted just by getting a letter sent somewhere.
I understand it’s not as easy as it sounds and one would have to first obtain said seal or wax imprint from a letter or something but I’m surprised I’ve never heard of it being done.

EDIT: Anyone else now wanna see a movie get made about someone (or some team) pulling off a ‘heist’ like this?? Obviously set back in the olden days.

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Well, at the same time, you have to remember that most of the population was not literate. Even if you copied the seal (a difficult task with low / risk reward ratio as others have said), most people would not be able to write an official sounding document to which the seal would be affixed.

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