Exclusive: 'Dead Sea Scrolls' at the Museum of the Bible are all forgeries

Exclusive: 'Dead Sea Scrolls' at the Museum of the Bible are all forgeries

Hobby Lobby’s Dead Sea Scrolls are fake The fragments of the Dead Sea Scroll displayed at the Museum of the Bible in Washington DC are — as long suspected — fake. All but one of the 16 fragments were found to be made from leather, rather than parchment like the real scrolls, says an expert analysis commissioned by the museum. The fakes were purchased by the billionaire Hobby Lobby family that bankrolls the museum. The family has in recent years paid millions in fines related to smuggled artefacts. National Geographic | 15 min readReference: Museum of the Bible report