Forged Antiquities a Danger to Israel?

Jim West points out an article that speculates that the recent spate of forged antiquities in the Holy Land may be used as fodder for those wishing to undermine Jewish claimes to Israel:

Indictments in a sophisticated antiquities forgery ring have cast a pall over the entire field of biblical archaeology and could provide new arguments for those seeking to delegitimize Jewish claims to the Holy Lan.

That's because religious leaders and even governments use the presence or absence of archaeological discoveries to bolster their claims to truth and territory, or to refute someone else's... [Read the Full Article]

UPDATE: Jim Davila has this to say on the article:

I have noted elsewhere how the Jewish-temple deniers are playing the story for their own purposes. The financial damage the forgers have caused pales in comparison to the damage they have done to the serious archaeology and history of the biblical period.