BUT...I believe this was primarily a CHRISTIAN topic...and I don’t know ANY Christians who WORSHIP idols. Perhaps you are confused?
Now, there my be many who call themselves Christians and who do worship money, prestige, etc......but that’s another topic.
While I would certainly welcome the fact this object is a genuine burial shroud of Christ, the object itself should not be held up as holy or something to be venerated. Is not the root of Christianity salvation through faith alone? Not good works, not scientific proof, but the simple act of faith. As Jesus is quoted “who soever BELIEVE in me...” not “Who soever, when confronted with scientific evidence...”
Many ‘believers’ often make the mistake of venerating or even worshiping objects (Christ’s image in a piece of burnt toast, some ‘weeping’ statue, a saint’s bejeweled skeleton in a cathedral nave) when clearly God has forbidden such idolatry.
Why did you bother to read the article?