It's interesting how these things keep coming up every few years. Someone says they have an actual piece of the cross, someone claims to have a piece of the Ark of Noah, someone claims to have the burial cloth of Jesus. Recently reports circulated that the actual place of the giving of the Ten Commandments has been found on what the Bible calls Mt. Sinai. Broken tablets have been found. There is a search underway, as we speak, for the Ark of the Covenant, believed to be at this very moment in Ethiopia.
People have a fascination with religious relics, or with things claiming to be from Bible times.
Of course, if the actual burial cloth of Jesus were found, it would have tremendous value in todays world, not to mention the power and prestige of owning it. The Shroud of Turin first surfaced in the 14th century. It is a 14 foot long piece of cloth. When it was first presented to the religious world as the burial cloth of Jesus it was examined and dismissed as a painting. Then in 1898 the first photo-negative image of the Shroud was made available.