Museum challenged to make a new Shroud of Turin

Monday, May 16th, 2022

Movie director David Rolfe offered to give the British Museum one million dollars if it can make a new Shroud of Turin.

Rolfe posited that if the shroud is the handiwork of “a medieval conman” as the Museum suggests, then their experts should be able to accomplish a similar feat in 2022. Read more

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