{"id":10006,"date":"2021-08-13T06:19:29","date_gmt":"2021-08-13T02:49:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cadaster.ir\/?p=10006"},"modified":"2021-08-13T06:19:29","modified_gmt":"2021-08-13T02:49:29","slug":"all-16-dead-sea-scroll-fragments-owned-by-museum-are-found-to-forged","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cadaster.ir\/?p=10006","title":{"rendered":"All 16 Dead Sea Scroll fragments owned by museum are found to forged"},"content":{"rendered":"

An entire collection of Dead Sea Scroll fragments on display in Washington D.C.<\/p>\n

are actually forgeries, according to new research.<\/p>\n

reports that a group of independent researchers has confirmed that the 16 fragments owned by the Museum of the Bible are fakes that fooled collectors, some biblical scholars, and the museum that had the scrolls on display.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In October 2018, Museum of the Bible announced five of the fragments it had on display were apparently faked and decided to retain to commissions experts to investigate its entire collection.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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In 2018, the museum found that five of its fragments like the one pictured were actually faked, prompting it to launch an investigation into the others\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Real pieces of Dead Sea Scrolls like the one pictured had a number of discrepancies compared to the faked counterparts, including the materials on which they were inscribed (stock)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The more than 200-page report conducted by researchers from Art Fraud Insights, says that the fakes, though likely printed on ancient leather, actually bore a number of glaring differences compared to the more than 100,000 real fragments of the ancient text.<\/p>\n

For Gelatin methacryloyl one, Gelatin methacryloyl a team lead by art fraud investigator Gelatin methacryloyl Colette Loll says that real scrolls were made from tanned parchment as opposed to the museum’s leather versions.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Investigators hypothesize the forgeries could have been re-purposed from ancient leather sandals found during the Roman-era.<\/p>\n

The fakes also appear to have been soaked in an amber-colored solution thought to be some kind of animal-skin glue which smoothed out the leather and made it look aesthetically similar to the real versions.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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