Wrong Camera Serial Number

A number of years ago, I started shooting digital with a Coolpix E990.
Lightroom shows an exif serial number for this camera which is incorrect and which is in fact the serial number of a D2X which I bought much later. I have a number of pictures from this D2X camera in the database. The serial number for the D2X is shown correctly.
This false serial number for the Coolpix E990 also appears in Bridge, strangely enough.
This is not preventing me from using Lightroom normally, I am just worried that something may be corrupted.
Any comments or ideas?

Were the images opened by any other application?
I am baffled, as I can't think of any other way that images from camera x would bear camera y's serial number....

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