Researchers have claimed that neutron emissions from an ancient earthquake that rocked Jerusalem may have created the Jesus' face, as well as messed up the radiocarbon levels that suggested that the shroud was a medieval forgery.

A faint image of a man's face and torso in printed on Shroud of Turin; it is said to be the fabric that covered Jesus' body after he was crucified in A.D. 33. cn domain

A team of scientists, led by Alberto Carpinteri of the Politecnico di Torino in Italy, believe that high-frequency pressure waves generated in the Earth's crust during this earthquake may have produced significant neutron emissions that may have interacted directly with nitrogen atoms in the linen fibers, inducing chemical reactions that created the distinctive face image on the shroud, LiveScience reported.

Carpinteri said that the reactions may have led to "a wrong radiocarbon dating" that could help explain the results of the 1989 experiments.cn domain