'Dead Sea Scrolls' at the Museum of the Bible are all forgeries

Researchers carefully examined the surfaces of all 16 fragments under high magnification—all while keeping the fragile, brittle pieces intact.

Herschel Hepler, the Museum of the Bible's associate curator of Hebrew manuscripts, confers with lead investigator Colette Loll, director of Art Fraud Insights.

Housed in custom-cut acrylic mounts, the Museum of the Bible's Dead Sea Scroll fragments await inspection.