U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials Tuesday announced the seizure of more than 3,000 counterfeit Gibson guitars, which they called the largest seizure on record of fake musical instruments.

More than 3,000 fake Gibson electric guitars were seized by U.S. Customs and Border Protection in Southern California in what authorities are calling the largest seizure of counterfeit musical instruments at the busiest container port in North America.

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

Right now, sitting in a nondescript warehouse in Carson, California, thousands of ornate Gibson guitars are piled up in dozens of stacks of cardboard boxes nearly seven feet high. Some of them look like the signature models for rock gods like Dave Grohl,

Worth an estimated $18 million if authentic, the bust marked the largest seizure of fake musical instruments from the Port of Los Angeles.

Agents seized the fake guitars in California in what the agency called the "largest counterfeit musical instrument seizure on record."

Thousands of knockoff Gibson electric guitars have been seized by U.S. feds in what is believed to be a multi-million-dollar counterfeit operation. U.S. Customs agents at the Port of Los Angeles intercepted more than 3,