In 2004, the Investigative Committee of Israel alleged it was a part of an antiquities fraud and was involved with other suspected archaeological forgeries such as the Jehoash Inscription. This resulted in a major investigation by the committee which determined that the artifact dated back to the 14th or 13th century BCE and that the inscription was a modern forgery. Professor Aaron Demsky claims that there is an 80 percent certainty that the inscription is a forgery.Leading Israeli Scientist Declares Pomegranate Inscription Authentic ", Biblical Archaeology Review, (December 16, 2008)Is the Ivory Pomegranate a Forgery or Authentic? , Biblical Archaeology ReviewIvory pomegranate 'not Solomon's', BBC, (December 24, 2004)Analysis of Photographs ", Biblical Archaeology Review, (August 18, 2007)
