A 1,000-year-old Bible has been uncovered during a police operation in the city of Tokat, Turkey.

The Bible is estimated to be 1000 years old.
A millenium-old book was confiscated along
with jewellery and coins after the smugglers were
caught red-handed. Three men were arrested after
they tried to sell the priceless historical artifacts to
undercover officers.
The Bible is written in the old a$$yriac language,
it only has 51 pages or 102 pages left and its cover
is seriously damaged. However, pictures made of
gold leafs with religious pictures inside the sacred
book are still intact. According to experts, the
Bible is estimated to be 1000 years old.
The Bible, 53 coins, two arrowheads and two parts
of different rings were sent to a local
museum.Theologians now hope the relic will offer
valuable insights into the way Christianity has
developed in the past century.
Tokat has emerged in recent years as a centre of
smuggling activities in rare artefacts, a reputation
that was cemented last year when ‘Orphan Man,
Standing,’ an authentic oil painting by Vincent Van
Gogh, was found in the boot of a vehicle owned by
a suspected artifact smuggler.