Shroud of Turin

A newly discovered medieval document casts doubt on the authenticity of the Shroud of Turin, which many believed for generations to be the burial shroud of Jesus. Credit: Dianelos Georgoudis

Medieval text reveals: Shroud of Turin was already declared a forgery

Nicolas Orsem, a 14th-century French theologian, called the Shroud “a clear forgery” – and this finding joins a string of scientific and historical evidence that undermines the sanctity of the famous Christian relic.