change the course of history. in december 2004, at the district court of jerusalem, golan and four others are charged on 44 counts of fraud and forgery. they accused him of being part of an international forgery ring, faking the historical record by forging such important items as the burial box of james, the brother of jesus. the prosecution launch a case to prove that golan added the three most contentious words, brother of jesus, to the inscription. it is a genuine ossuary from that period of time, but what oded golan did was he made a supplement and making a whole new meaning of them. part of the prosecution s case is based on an examination by epigraphy expert chris rollston who had analyzed the lettering for any inconsistencies. if you look at the inscription really carefully, you ll notice that there s a difference in depth, clarity and
accusation. all what i hold in my hand was a small box of very old tools in which i used to restore antiquities like any other collector. for more than a year, golan is held under house arrest while the iaa prepares its case. the story switched from being a nice, happy archaeology story to being a story about a criminal mastermind trying to change the course of history. in december 2004, at the district court of jerusalem, golan and four others are charged on 44 counts of fraud and forgery. they accused him of being part of an international forgery ring, faking the historical record by forging such important items as the burial box of james, the brother of jesus. the prosecution launch a case to prove that golan added the three most contentious words,
so you ve got a very interesting and perhaps volatile mix. narrator: it is an allegation oded golan vigorously denies. this is just ridiculous accusation. all what i hold in my hand was a small box of very old tools in which i use to restore antiquities like any other collector. narrator: for more than a year golan is held under house arrest while the iaa prepares its case. the story switched from being a nice, happy archeological story to being a story about a criminal mastermind trying to change the course of history. narrator: in december 2004 at the district court of jerusalem, golan and four others are charged on 44 counts of fraud and forgery. they accused him of being part of an international forgery ring, faking the historical record by forging such important items as the burial box of
items as the burial box of james, the brother of jesus. the prosecution launch a case to prove that golan added the three most contentious words brother of jesus to the inscription. it is a genuine ossuary from that period of time. but what oded golan did was, he made a supplement and making the whole new meaning of them. part of the prosecution s case is based on an examination by epigraphy experts who analyzed the lettering for any inconsistencies. if you look at the inscription really carefully, you ll notice there s a difference in depth, clarity and the presence of concerning in the first half of the
it s an allegation oded golan vigorously denies. this is ridiculous accusation. all what i hold in my hand is a small box of very old tools in which i use to restore antiquities like any other collector. for more than a year golan is held under house arrest while the iaa prepares its case. the story switched from being a nice happy archaeological story to a story about a criminal mastermind trying to change the course of history. in december 2004 at the district court of jerusalem, golan and four others are charged on 44 counts of fraud and forgery. they accused him of being part of an international forgery ring, faking the historical record by forging such important items as the burial box of