Attorneys representing Richard Hsieh, father of the late Zappos founder Tony Hsieh, are pushing for extensive forensic testing, including "semi-destructive" methods, on a will that surfaced years after Hsieh's passing. The requested tests, which involve taking pinhole-sized samples of ink and paper, aim to determine the ink manufacturer, when the ink was made, and how long it has been on the document. This is designed to ascertain if the will was signed around its listed date of March 13, 2015, or if it was backdated, bolstering the father's claim that the document is a forgery.
The discovery of this seven-page will in April, more than four years after Hsieh's death in November 2020, has been met with skepticism. Hsieh, who died unmarried and without a known will, left an estate estimated to be worth between $513 million and $850 million. His father
