Reply #28: I think the test was from the corner singed by fire

[Tom Rinaldo]

and I dimly remember a scientific argument made by some that advanced a theory on why the results may have been contaminated. I seem to recall seeing a show where some scientists reexamined the data, and concluding that more modern methods of testing now might be able to resolve the question more definatively. Sorry, my memory is fuzzy. But even those who are sure it is a thousand year forgery are baffled by what technique could have created it.