Associated Press

At one point, the prosecutor brought a camp stove, chalk, beaker and other ingredients to show how easy it is to make fake patina, said journalist Matthew Kalman, a frequent trial observer. The defense then used the same technique to show that fake patina doesn't stick to stone.

"It began to look like a high school chemistry class," said Kalman, editor of The Jerusalem Report magazine.

- Daniella Cheslow, "Oded Golan, James Ossuary Proponent, Acquitted of Antiquities Fraud," AP, March 14, 2012