Yes, I know what they are discussing. In 2002, under the advice of a self-styled textile expert, Madame Mechtild Fluery-Lemberg, the Shroud was cleaned, vacuumed (removing any
in situ evidence of where the shroud had been in the past), stretched and steamed the material to remove wrinkles (all evidence of previous foldings and handling), and the scorched areas were trimmed away (because according to the self-styled expert, the scorched area from the 1532 fire "were
still burning"(!), contrary to all scientist's statements to the contrary), and the patches added along with the Holland Cloth backing that were added to repair the Shroud after the fire by the Nuns pf Poor Clare were replaced with modern materials. Finally, the Shroud was placed on—her ill considered advice—into a new reliquary filled with a hydrocarbon atmosphere intended to prevent pests and micro-organisms from future damaging the Shroud but has the unintended effect of suffusing the Shroud with unknown amounts of modern Carbon 14, completely distorting any future attempts to accurately date it.
This was all done in secret and was presented as a "restoration," after the fact, to all Shroud scholar's and scientist's horrified reactions! No peer-reviewed input was requested or desired in advance of the "restoration." It was purely done between non-scientist Fluery-Lemberg and the non-scientist custodian of the Shroud.
OMG!!! ALL THAT??? What were they thinking? That cannot be anything but an intentional destruction of evidence!
Thank you for clearing it up for me, sad as it is. What tragic news.