A 600-Year-Old Document Exposes a Historic Fraud: Someone Faked the Shroud of Turin

A 600-Year-Old Document Exposes a Historic Fraud: Someone Faked the Shroud of Turin

The theologian Nicole Oresme wrote that the shroud was being passed off as authentic by deceptive clergymen.

14th-Century Scholar Called Shroud of Turin a ‘Fraud,’ Study Finds

Nearly 600 years before modern science weighed in, a medieval scholar made a striking claim about one of Christianity’s most debated relics—the Shroud of Turin. According to new research, the theologian Nicole Oresme dismissed the cloth as a deliberate fake in the 14th century. Yet today, the Shroud continues to divide historians, scientists, and believers alike. This renewed attention comes from a recent academic study that revisits Oresme’s wr…