When several viewers had raised their doubts regarding the show's authenticity, A&E released a statement saying, “There is no staging involved. The items uncovered in the storage units are the actual items featured on the show.”

Is Storage Wars TV show fake?

Case in point: A&E's immensely popular Storage Wars is not actual reality TV. It's a staged, scripted drama, meant to entertain and garner ratings. ... He launched a lawsuit against the producers in 2012, and the legal filing is an eye-opening peek into all the ways Storage Wars is fake.

Do they plant items in Storage Wars?

In his infamous lawsuit against A&E, Dave Hester revealed that not only do its producers plant items in lockers and play favorites with cast members, they also pay people to script every interaction that the show's cast has with the camera.