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  • NYT: Israel Indicts 4 in 'Brother of Jesus' Hoax and Other Forgeries

    12/30/2004 10:01:34 AM PST · by OESY · 24 replies · 937+ views
    New York Times ^ | December 30, 2004 | GREG MYRE
    JERUSALEM, Dec. 29 - The Israeli police filed criminal indictments on Wednesday against four antiquities collectors, accusing them of forging biblical artifacts, many so skillfully that they fooled experts. Some were even celebrated briefly as being among the most significant Christian and Jewish relics ever unearthed. The police and the Israel Antiquities Authority said their investigation had focused on several major forgeries, including a limestone burial box, or ossuary, bearing an inscription that suggested that it held the remains of Jesus' brother James. The Antiquities Authority declared the ossuary a forgery last year. The authorities also described as counterfeit a...