Word: forgers
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Ever since, the argument has raged: Does the 14 ft. 3 in.-long cloth really bear the front & back imprint of Christ's naked body, as though it had enveloped Him lengthwise, or is it the work of a clever forger? Points mentioned in favor of the shroud's authenticity...
...cross by his hands must periodically writhe upward on the crossbar in order to breathe. The shroud's pattern shows trickles of blood from the wrists at angles of both 65 and go degrees - a fact which could be explained by such writhing, but which a forger would be unlikely to allow...