they find it empty. according to john's gospel, then simon peter came and went into the tomb. he saw the linen wrappings lying there. but the bible doesn't mention what happens to the linen cloths next. more than 1,300 years later, a shroud showing the crucified body of jesus appeared from out of nowhere in a small village in northeastern france. when it was moved to turin, 40,000 people were there to welcome it. then centuries later, in 1898, it became a global phenomenon, when italian secondo pia took the world's first photograph of the shroud.