Sheesh! Just play the jobsworth knobbers at their own game.
take a colour-L@ser copy and cut
that up!
Let the buggers try to prove which one is the original!
Just had a similar issue with the Probate Registry, INSISTING I send a "Court Sealed" copy of a certificate.
I explained the original IS a photocopy (you can see the paper-edges of the original) and the print is glossy,BUT the rubber stamps from the Court are Matt, so they're probably REAL rubber-stamps. They accepted the argument this was how the Court sent it out.
I didn't tell them my L@ser copy exhibits similar characteristics