“A relic or artifact merely provides a connection to a long past event.”
I condemn what happened, but....I suspect most religious relics of that purported age are not authentic, especially in Europe. People in the Middle Ages were largely illiterate and gullible. Mark Twain wrote hilariously funny satires about religious relics in a couple of his travel books, “Innocents Abroad” and “A Tramp Abroad”.
Flame suit on.
LOL... Oh, yes I’m sure that many so-called “relics” are just hoaxes played on some unsuspecting traveler perhaps hundreds of years ago. It would be fun to think some of them are the real deal. That you could actually hold a chunk of history in your hand... would be cool.