I'm a little surprised no mention has been made about Oded Golan (the owner of the James Ossuary). He was indicted in 2004 along with some others for operating a forgery ring. Some facts about him:

1) When Israeli police busted into his apartment they found inscribing tools, unused patina, blank tablets, some forged and half-finished tablets, among much other parapheranalia.
2) I may be wrong, but I thought at one point Golan actually admitted to the forgeries?
3) He was busted for a forged "Jehoash tablet" that supposedly detailed repairs done to Solomon's temple (would have been quite a large find as it would be the only artifact proving the existence of the templ)
4) During this trial, an FBI agent testified that a photo of the James Ossuary, showing it in Golan's home, was taken in the 1970s. Of course this would make it impossible to have been discovered with the rest of the tomb in the 1980s.

The list kinda goes on and on. But no mention of any of this? I was quite entertained and compelled by the program until they brought in the James Ossuary, which shot the credibility almost completely for me. Does anyone know any more about this? And especially why it wouldn't have been mentioned in the program?

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