The Shroud of Turin

Carbon-14 Dating
1988 Carbon dating results appeared to expose the Shroud as a medieval fake, but the dating was controversial

The Shroud Negative
The Shroud of Turin is made of fine linen and is 3.5 feet wide and a little over 14 feet long. It bears the image of a crucified man, with injuries consistent with Biblical accounts of Jesus' crucifixion.

The Shroud of Turin - Carbon Dating

In October of 1987, Cardinal Anastasio Ballestrero, of Turin, Italy, approved a list of three radiocarbon laboratories that would be allowed enough samples of the Shroud to carry out the test. These labs were: The Research Laboratory for Archaeology and the History of Art, Oxford, the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology’s radiocarbon-dating facility at Zurich, and the University of Arizona’s facility at Tucson. The results was performed, and on October 13, 1988 in the British Museum’s Press Room, it was announced that the carbon dating had dated the Shroud to somewhere between the years 1260-1390. The conclusion was that the Shroud was a fake.

Invalid Dating Result
Current modern research shows the sample taken for the dating was not a part of the original cloth, but a rewoven area of the cloth. Thus the dating is invalid.