No one can say either way. Nothing is proved at all.
We will probably never know while in this life.
I agree with your statement with one word added: no one can
DEFINITIVLY say either way. However, science isn't always definitive and the scientific test done on it thus far point towards it being an
authentic burial clothe of a man that was scourged, tortured and crucified.
The possibility of paint being used as a method for creating the image was
ruled out.
Using a VP-8 image analyzer it showed that the image has
unique,
three-dimensional information encoded in it.
Microchemical test showed
no evidence of any spices, oils, or any biochemicals known to be produced by the body in life or in death
HOWEVER it is clear that there has been a
direct contact of the Shroud with a body, which explains certain features such as scourge marks, as well as the blood. While this type of contact might explain some of the features of the torso, it is totally
incapable of explaining the image of the face with the high resolution that has been amply demonstrated by photography.
The Shroud image is that of a
real human form of a scourged, crucified man.
It is not the product of an artist.
Experiments in physics and chemistry with old linen have
failed to reproduce adequately the phenomenon presented by the Shroud of Turin.
T
here are no chemical or physical methods known which can account for the totality of the image, nor can any combination of physical, chemical, biological or medical circumstances
explain the image adequately.
The stitching pattern is similar to the hem of a cloth found in the tombs of the Jewish fortress of Masada
. The Masada cloth dates to
between 40 BC and 73 AD.
Three tests (two chemical and one mechanical) date the Shroud of Turin to the 1st century AD. These three text refute the radiocarbon test which were possibly taken from a newer piece of the Shroud that was sewn on by nuns after the fire that damaged it.
The answer to the question of
how the image was produced or what produced the image
remains a mystery.
The image is an ongoing mystery and until further chemical studies are made the problem remains
unsolved.
SUMMARY: There is NO evidence of it being a fake, however, that does not mean it was the burial clothe of Jesus.
Scientific Mary