James Ossuary and the Jehoash Tablet from over 50 experts from a wide range of fields, who examined the inscriptions and submitted dozens of scientific reports, and 70 other witnesses including antiquities dealers and well-known collectors. Trial transcripts covered over 12,000 pages, and the court ruling was 438 pages long. Trial aftermath The IAA announced that they accept the court’s ruling. The State accepted the main decision of the District Court and did not appeal against the judgment. After the judgment, the State moved to confiscate the James Ossuary and the Jehoash Tablet for the State Treasury, arguing that these items may well be of enormous historic, religious and archeological significance and therefore should not remain in private hands. The District Court and the Supreme Court denied this motion and ordered the State to return to Golan all the antiquities that had been taken from him. The James Ossuary and the Jehoash Tablet, as well as hundreds of other antiquities, were returned to Golan in late 2013. Further reading Nina Burleigh, (2008): Unholy Business: A True Tale of Faith, Greed and Forgery in the Holy Land See also Three shekel ostracon Notes References External links Alleged forger of Holy Land antiquities held 23/07/2003, Haaretz, "Written in Stone," David Samuels, A Reporter at Large, The New Yorker, April 12, 2004, p. 48 Oded Golan's refutation of the documentary's claims Review of The History Merchants UK Daily Telegraph investigative article (May 2005) The art of authentic forgery by Nadav Shragai, 14/04/2008 Haaretz, King Solomon's Tablet of Stone The Authenticity of the James Ossuary and the Jehoash Tablet Inscriptions – Summary of Expert Trial Witnesses, Oded Golan (2011) 1951 births Living people 20th-century Israeli engineers 21st-century Israeli engineers Israeli collectors Archaeological forgery Technion – Israel Institute of Technology alumni People from Tel Aviv Israeli criminals People acquitted of fraud Tel Hazor