Removing black spots from brown leather bag

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Dear all,

I recently bought a leather bag from Morocco, Fez, off the streets, and am pretty sure it is genuine leather.

When I bought it, it is of a light brownish-orange color, and I thought of darkening it (also as per advice by the shopkeeper) with extra virgin olive oil.

The leather did darken but black spots appeared all over the bag.


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I applied 2 more layers of olive oil to see if it would go away, but it didnt.

Brushing slightly diluted lemon juice on it did not seem to help too.

Would really appreciate if someone could enlighten me on the identity of the black spots and educate me on removing them.

Thank you!