<P> Recently a study stated that the shroud of Turin had been faked by Leonardo da Vinci . According to the study, the Renaissance artist created the artifact by using pioneering photographic techniques and a sculpture of his own head--in fact, it suggests the image on the relic is Leonardo's face which could have been projected onto the cloth, The Daily Telegraph reported . </P> <P> In an article published by History Today in November 2014, British scholar Charles Freeman analyses early depictions and descriptions of the Shroud and argues that the iconography of the bloodstains and all - over scourge marks are not known before 1300 and the Shroud was a painted linen at that date, now much decayed and faded . As it was unlikely that a forger would have deceived anyone with a single cloth with images on it, Freeman seeks an alternative function . He goes on to argue that the Shroud was a medieval prop used in Easter ritual plays depicting the resurrection of Christ . He believes it was used in a ceremony called the' Quem Quaeritis?' or' whom do you seek?' which involved re-enacting gospel accounts of the resurrection, and is represented as such in the well - known Lirey pilgrim badge . As such it was deservedly an object of veneration from the fourteenth century as it is still is today . </P>

Where did they found the shroud of turin