Why didn't Voldy grab the Prophecy himself??

[Kashelkar]

No: HPFGUIDX 92909

Kashelkar:
The biggest flaw in this book seems to be the basic plot.  I'm not  still convinced why Voldemort didn't just apparate near the 97th row of shelves in the Dept of Mysteries, picked up the prophecy and Disapparate.

Pippin:
The Ministry believed that Voldemort was the only one, besides Harry, who could take the prophecy. Even if there were actually other ways to get it, if it disappeared while Harry was known to be at Hogwarts, its disappearance would be proof that Voldemort had returned. Once Voldemort realized this, he concentrated his efforts on trying to get Harry to retrieve the prophecy for him.

Kashelkar replies:

If Voldy was afraid of the fact that a missing orb (from a hall full of thousands of them) would disclose him, he definitely could create a fake/replica of the same and replace theauthentic orb with the fake one asa the work is over.  There is no proof to claim that Harry's prophecy was being guarded specially.