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US museum Dead Sea Scroll collection found to be fakes
A collection of supposedly valuable Dead Sea Scroll fragments on display at the Museum of the Bible in Washington DC has been found to be fake.
After six months of analysis, experts released a 200-page report detailing how the fragments were forged - likely made from old shoe leather.
"Each exhibits characteristics that suggest they are deliberate forgeries," the analysts said in a statement.
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And this was not the first time the museum's owners have faced controversy. In 2017, Mr Green's company the Hobby Lobby paid a $3m fine (£2.3m) and returned thousands of items after the US Department of Justice accused it of smuggling artifacts from Iraq.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-51916849
After six months of analysis, experts released a 200-page report detailing how the fragments were forged - likely made from old shoe leather.
"Each exhibits characteristics that suggest they are deliberate forgeries," the analysts said in a statement.
--snip--
And this was not the first time the museum's owners have faced controversy. In 2017, Mr Green's company the Hobby Lobby paid a $3m fine (£2.3m) and returned thousands of items after the US Department of Justice accused it of smuggling artifacts from Iraq.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-51916849
So, was it money laundering, that religious fools and their money are soon parted, or something else?
Whatever it was, this made me laugh.
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I've got a problem with this PT Barnum building being called a "museum."
Really, it's been set up as a scam and now it's being called for what it is. I'm guessing "Hobby Lobby" has a way to make its existence all tax-free, too. 
Fools paying lifetimes of earn for normal people, for old shit, IS HILARIOUS?
Humans over value stupid shit and publicly held corporations have no rainy day funds at all!
People wondering why things are crazy imbalanced and unfair? DUH!
