Quote:The indictment leveled 44 charges of forgery, fraud and deception against Golan and 13 lesser counts against a co-defendant, antiquities dealer Robert Deutsch.
The man is on trial....not the artifact. Even in Israel the question is, Did he forge them beyond a reasonable doubt.
Given the assorted tools and accoutrements which were found in Golan's apartment the issue seems clear cut but putting the chisel in his hand is a difficult thing to prove.
Acquittal for Golan does not prove the artifacts are legitimate...merely that he can not be said to have forged them BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT.
It is similar to creationist nonsense. They have nothing to sustain their asinine position that life began 6,000 years ago in the Middle East. NOTHING. Yet they all act as if all they have to do is poke holes in the Theory of Evoution ( and the assholes can't even do that ) and then their religious horseshit becomes true by default. Incorrect. If the T of E is totally wrong it does nothing to sustain their fucking bible's version of events.
