Well, we hadn't had a James Ossuary update in awhile what with all this homosexual 'marriage' and Mel Gibson 'Passion' stuff. According to a television report the ossuary owner, Oded Golan ran a fraud ring:
Oded Golan, who is suspected of forging the inscription "James the brother of Jesus," on a first century ossuary, worked with a ring of counterfeiters who sold dozens of forged articles to antiquities dealers and collectors, Channel 2's "Fact" program reports.
"Fact" broadcast a film by Gilad Tokatly, who investigated the subject, showing a letter from Golan to his lawyer, authorizing him to sell an additional "ancient" tablet, with an inscription attributed to the Biblical King Joash.
Golan denies he ever owned the artifact....
To add bite to the charges, "[p]olice are currently preparing an indictment against Golan."
I openly admit that I want to believe in the ossuary's authenticity, and I believe a strong case can be made for it, however if it's not real, let's expose it now.
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