Professor Dzhulio Fanti, rukovodivshiy ocherednimi issledovaniyami Turinskoy plashchanici v universitete Padui, napisal knigu «Tayna plashchanici» o proisxozhdenii etoy udivitelnoy tkani. On utverzhdaet vmeste s soavtorom, zhurnalistom Saverio Gaetoy, chto infrakrasniy i drugie visokotexnologichnie vidi analiza volokon tkani plashchanici pokazal, chto ona deystvitelno mogla bit ispolzovana pri pogrebenii Iisusa Xrista. Dzhulio Fanti uveryaet, chto tkan Turinskoy plashchanici bila sotkana mezhdu 300-mi godami do nashey eri i 400-mi godami nashey eri.
Analiz Fanti, napominaet Sun, protivorechit radiouglerodnomu analizu, sdelannomu v konce proshlogo veka, soglasno kotorogo Turinskaya plashchanica bila sdelana v 1260-1390 gg. nashey eri.
Proisxozhdenie kuska lnyanoy tkani dlinoy svishe 4 metrov, na kotorom yakobi zapechatlelsya lik Iisusa, davno interesoval uchenix i istorikov religii. Ona xranitsya v Turinskom sobore v specialnom pomeshchenii, v kotorom podderzhivayutsya neobxodimie dlya luchshey soxrannosti klimaticheskie usloviya, i privlekaet kazhdiy god mnogie tisyachi turistov i palomnikov izo vsex ugolkov sveta.