Statue Altered base??? Advise needed please.

Hi all.
A friend of mine bought a Jedi Luke PF from someone.
The edition number looks to be altered, however it's matching the number on the box ( no shipper ).
Did anyone ever see something like this, done by Sideshow?
We think the seller had a broken base, and used an undamaged base from another, maybe damaged Luke PF.
The seller did not disclose anything, nor mentioned anything during the sale.
Also - Does anyone know what can be used to remove the black marker? We are curious if there is another edition number, hidden underneath.
Here is a pic:

Dry eraser markers will remove sharpies from boards, so give it it try.

As for legit, got me.

SSC will repackage returns, so it's possible that they made some kind of modification to the edition number in shipping it out. But using a black sharpie to do this makes no sense.

As for your thread title. . .

I would imagine ss has a way to erase their silver marker without the need to cover/overwrite it....
Also, the digit's style looks different. Weird.
gonna let him know to try the dry erase, thanks.