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An ancient burial box, inscribed with the name "james", son of joseph, brother of jesus. a box that might actually be a connection to jesus christ himself. but who was his brother james? >> the gospels are very clear that jesus had siblings. >> from doubter. >> can you imagine if someone said my brother is the son of god? >> james really is the forgotten man. >> embroiled in one of the longest forgery trials ever, could this box be the first physical evidence of jesus and

>> the story switched from being a nice happy archaeology story to being a story about a criminal mastermind trying to change the course of history. >> in december, 2004, at the district court of jerusalem he and four others are charged on 44 counts of fraud and forgery. >> they accused him of being part of an international forgery ring. faking the historic record by forging such important items as the burial box of james the brother of jesus. >> the prosecution launch a case to prove that golan added the three most contentious words, brother of jesus to the encryption. >> it is from that peri...

Record by forging such important items as the burial box of james, the brother of jesus. >> the prosecution launch a case to prove that golan added the three most contentious words "brother of jesus" to the inscription. >> it is a genuine ossuary from that period of time. but what oded golan did was he made a supplement and making the whole new meaning of them. >> part of the prosecution's case is based on an examination by epigraphy experts who analyzed the lettering for any inconsistencies. >> if you look at the inscription very carefully, you'll notice there's a difference in depth, clarity...

>> it's an allegation oded golan vigorously denies. >> this is ridiculous accusation. what they hold in my hand was a smallpox of very old tools in which i use to restore antiquities like any other collector. >> for more than a year golan is held under house arrest while the iaa prepares its case. >> the story switched from being a nice happy archaeological story to a story about a criminal mastermind trying to change the course of history. >> in december 2004 at the district court of jerusalem, golan and four others are charged on 44 counts of fraud and forgery. >> they accused him of being p...

>> ♪ hallelujah ♪ hallelujah, hallelujah ♪ hallelujah >> welcome back to our special presentation. i'm jon scott. archaeologists dig and sift the earth, looking for artifacts that will teach them about life in the past. here in the holy land, they have yet to find something inscribed "this was jesus' cup" or "jesus slept here." now, there have been significant finds. the problem is there have also been incredible fakes. a cave belonging to john the baptist, an ossuary, or burial box, that once held the bones of jesus' brother -- the recent news of these discoveries startled archaeologica...