What evidence do skeptics use the debunk the Shroud of Turin?
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Published in Daily Trivia
Skeptics contend the shroud is a medieval hoax or forgery - or even a devotional work of artistic verisimilitude. Arguments and evidence cited against a miraculous origin of the shroud images include a letter from a medieval bishop to the Avignon pope claiming personal knowledge that the image was cleverly painted to gain money from pilgrims; radiocarbon tests in 1988 that yielded a medieval timeframe for the cloth's fabrication; and analysis of the image by microscopist Walter McCrone, who concluded ordinary pigments were used.
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