My guess is fake, probably another wacky conspiracy by the Catholic church to keep the congregation on their toes. Thankfully we Anglicans are far more intelligent.
i dont think the turin shroud is real but john the baptists tooth is definitely real. http://http://www.usatoday.com/news/religion/2011-03-03-relics-john-baptist_N.htm
...religious people make me laugh! I do enjoy meeting them, especially at parties... "I'm a Christian" they announce. "I'm a choo-choo train!" I say. "As long as we're all having fun right?"
You idiot! Have you been trying to have sex with carbon? I don't fancy carbon dating personally, but you carry on.
Very small samples from the Shroud of Turin have been dated by accelerator mass spectrometry in laboratories at Arizona, Oxford and Zurich. As Controls, three samples whose ages had been determined independently were also dated. The results provide conclusive evidence that the linen of the Shroud of Turin is mediaeval Check out the first two words
The Turin Shroud isn't a fake, as it was never intended to be a genuine relic from the time of Christ. It was made as an icon in the Middle Ages simply for display in a church.