BBC NEWS | Europe | Scientist reproduces Turin shroud

AS REPORTED EARLIER THIS YEAR:

BBC NEWS Europe Scientist reproduces Turin shroud: "Mr Garlaschelli, funded by a group of Italian atheists and agnostics, reproduced the shroud by placing a linen sheet flat over a volunteer and then rubbing it with a pigment containing traces of acid. A mask was used for the face.
The pigment was then artificially aged by heating the cloth in an oven and washing it. This removed the pigment from the surface but left a half-tone image similar to that on the Shroud. Blood stains, burn holes, scorches and water stains were then added to achieve the final effect.
Mr Garlaschelli said he expected people to challenge his research. 'If they don't want to believe carbon dating done by some of the world's best laboratories they certainly won't believe me.'"

BBC News - 'Jesus-era' burial shroud found ... this might put the final pin in the shroud of Turin. Thread Count!

UPDATE on Shroud of Turin

BBC News - 'Jesus-era' burial shroud found: "A team of archaeologists and scientists says it has, for the first time, found pieces of a burial shroud from the time of Jesus in a tomb in Jerusalem. The researchers, from Hebrew University and institutions in Canada and the US, said the shroud was very different from the controversial Turin Shroud. Some people believe the Turin Shroud to have been Christ's burial cloth, but others believe it is a fake. The newly found cloth has a simpler weave than Turin's, the scientists say."