My wife and I moved into our new house in Toronto just 2 weeks back. We are planning to buy a leather sofa bed and a couple of leather chairs along with many other necessary furniture. When I was looking on the internet for the choices we have in buying furniture, I found about bi-cast and bonded leather here: http://www.coja.com/buyers-guide/buyer-beware/ . It seems like cheap quality leather. In the article they have said that such kind of leather is very difficult to distinguish from genuine leather by its looks. So if someone could help me with some advice on how to identify genuine leather, it will be really helpful.