Word: fakeness
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...prayer. But back in Israel, police detectives, along with a growing posse of biblical scholars, were growing skeptical of the ossuary's authenticity. After a two-year investigation, police in December 2004 charged the antiquities collector and four others of forgery, alleging that the James ossuary was a clever fake and that Golan had masterminded an international ring of thieves that over the past 20 years had duped major museums and collectors out of millions. Put on trial, Golan denied the charges, and some experts and the pious rallied to his side. Nevertheless, one of the detectives insisted, "Oded Golan...
...been stolen from a site by Arab grave diggers and sold to Golan. Israeli sleuths say they discovered that the limestone casket was indeed authentic, and dated back to the correct period of A.D. 60. But the key inscription, linking the object to Jesus Christ, was a clever fake. An analysis of the patina also revealed the presence of Tel Aviv tap water. In his defense, Golan claims it was because his mother occasionally scrubbed the ossuary with soap and water, not realizing its historical value...
...favorite sketch that I wrote was a fake commercial called “Life Preservers for Drowning People.” The life preservers were incredibly expensive, but what are you going to do? You’re a drowning person. It never came close to airing on the show...
...First fake ID resold on the black market for a Playstation...
...some empty hotel room. The key is to maintain that I'm-on-vacation mindset. Quit worrying so much about the long term, take chances and reprioritize your goals so that "fun" is back up in your top five. And hey, if that doesn't work, you can always fake a foreign accent...