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    Museum Of The Bible Says 5 Of Its Most Famed Artifacts Are Fake

    After independent analysis, the museum said on Monday that five of its famed Dead Sea Scrolls fragments were fake. They will be pulled from their exhibit. Other fragments will undergo further study.
    by Emily Sullivan Oct 23, 2018 2 minutes
    After independent analysis, the museum said on Monday that five of its famed Dead Sea Scrolls fragments were fake. They will be pulled from their exhibit, and other fragments will undergo further study.

    The Museum of the Bible said Monday that five of its 16 famous Dead Sea Scrolls fragments are fake.

    A team of German experts analyzed the privately funded Washington, D.C., museum's fragments and found they had "characteristics inconsistent with ancient origin." The fragments will no longer be

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