Scientists show how Turin Shroud could have been Faked

The Turin Shroud, a piece of fabric which has the figure of a man on it, is either a priceless relic of Jesus' life or a medieval fake, depending on whether you accept the scientific evidence which comes in the form of carbon dated sections. Now Professor Luigi Garlaschelli, an organic chemist, has shown how medieval people could have achieved the fake by creating his own using only techniques and materials available during the era. The BBC explained how it was done: they laid "a linen sheet flat over a volunteer and then rubbing it with a pigment containing traces of acid. A mask was used for the face. The pigment was then artificially aged by heating the cloth in an oven and washing it. This removed the pigment from the surface but left a half-tone image similar to that on the Shroud. Blood stains, burn holes, scorches and water stains were then added to achieve the final effect." This effectively removes the pro-Shroud argument that humans couldn't reproduce it. Now, to be fair to believers in the Shroud's ancient history, as opposed to simply a medieval one, just showing how something can happen isn't proof of how something did happen.