He has pushed huge amounts of forgeries onto the antiquities market over the past decade at least, the most notable being the "James son of Joseph brother of Jesus" ossuary and the Yehoash Temple Inscription.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/03/20/60minutes/main3954980.shtml
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So what happened after 2008? Was Oded found guilty of forgery?
I remember looking at these inscriptions with Nili Wazana in class. She even gave us a handout "How to create a false inscription" to illustrate the complexity behind deciding authenticity.
Have you ever come across suspected forgeries?
I think its gone pretty bad for him and a group of other men that are apparently involved also.. Robert Deutsch who published alot on Bullae and lectured at Haifa Uni :(
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