NEWS: Exposed: The Jesus Fakes

Accused of "trying to change history", four men were charged with forging numerous Bible-era artifacts. The ring of 4 men would make inscriptions on nonassuming artefacts of little value, then recreate the patina, which is the ancient grime found on original artefacts, to cover the new inscriptions. Once these "inscriptions" are "found" the value of the pieces inreases enormously. The men would then promote their "finds" and sell them to museums and collectors around the world.




It is estimated that the forgeries span the globe, and that many museums and collectors are in possession of these fakes. Officials say that the forgeries have produced many millions of dollars. Officials have also said that they believe that what they have uncovered thus far barely scratches the surface, expecting many more forgeries to be found around the world.

It truly is a shame that there are unscrupulous people that feed off of the deep religous beliefs of others for their own personal gains.
Televangelists are one thing, where they offer to take you to heaven if you make a donation - personally I am not a big fan of these folks, however this ring of forgers takes it to a whole new level. Claiming to have found the burial box of Jesus' brother and making countless millions off of it is horrible. How many millions of people of devout beliefs, had life altering beliefs with these finds?


[edit on 31-12-2004 by Banshee]

This is a disgrace.
You read so often these days of ones that prey on the elderly, the down-trodden, the handicapped, that you are almost callous to it. This strikes me as a true sacrelige as many peoples from all over the world were duped. 4 educated men, who were revered in their fields have absolutely reserved their spot in Hell.

[edit on 1-1-2005 by stephenkingfan1]

me being a little bit of a christian this is wierd it's kind of like the lord of the rings