A fragment from the Museum of the Bible's collection of Dead Sea Scrolls. In this fragment, a snippet of text from the Book of Nehemiah, ...

The Dead Sea Scrolls were first discovered in the 1940s hidden away in caves near Jerusalem. The 2,000-year-old artifacts represent some of the oldest-known manuscripts of the Hebrew Bible.

Technical analysis by a team of German scholars has revealed that at least five of the museum's 16 scroll fragments are apparent forgeries.

When Washington’s $500 million Museum of the Bible held its grand opening in November 2017, attended by Vice President Mike Pence, there were questions even then about the authenticity of its ...

German scholars reveal five of the Bible Museum's 16 Dead Sea Scrolls fragments are apparent forgeries; Around 2002, a wave of new fragments of the scrolls began mysteriously appearing on the market; ...

During a recent interview at the Bible museum, for instance, he said he wasn’t sure who sold him the Dead Sea Scroll fragments. “There’s been different sources, but I don’t know ...

Some Dead Sea Scrolls at Bible museum apparently forged 02:58. The Museum of the Bible says five of its Dead Sea Scrolls are fraudulent and will no longer be on display.

Experts warned that some of the fragments of the Dead Sea Scrolls could be fake ahead of the Museum of the Bible’s opening in November 2017. Barely one year in, five fragments have been found to ...