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Museum of the Bible says five of its Dead Sea Scrolls are fake

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The Museum of the Bible in Washington, D.C., removed fragments of what it believed were part of the Dead Sea Scrolls.

Tests suggested forgeries on five of its 16 fragments. The Dead Sea Scrolls are a set of ancient manuscripts of the Hebrew Bible.

The Museum of the Bible, at a cost of $500 million, was opened in 2017 by billionaire Steve Green.

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