# Some market fragments are forged but others are genuine pieces from the caves.

> Still possible: Some market fragments are forged but others are genuine pieces from the caves.

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Answer · Dead Sea Scrolls: dating, scribes and provenance

# Some market fragments are forged but others are genuine pieces from the caves.

Some market fragments are forged but others are genuine pieces from the caves.

**Still possible** Answers **1** questionDeduced0

## Where it stands

**Still possible** Its tests haven't settled it: one piece of evidence for, none against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

## What it predicts

- Material tests separate the market fragments into two groups.

## What would rule it out

- Every tested market fragment proves modern.

## Evidence 1 for · none against

[DNA analysis separated some debated fragments from the Qumran scrolls, which shows that tests can sort them.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/dead-sea-scrolls-dating/evidence/EVD0D484YWE1PT1/dna-analysis-separated-some-debated-fragments-from-the)

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## The questions it answers

[Are the fragments that surfaced on the antiquities market after 2002 genuine?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/dead-sea-scrolls-dating/questions/QST0D484PB02ASS/are-the-fragments-that-surfaced-on-the-antiquities-market)

Part of [Where were the scrolls made, and by whom were they collected?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/dead-sea-scrolls-dating/questions/QST0D484P366F4K/where-were-the-scrolls-made-and-by-whom-were-they-collected)

Most likelyMost or all post-2002 market fragments are modern forgeries, often on ancient leather

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