The figure imprinted on the Shroud is that of a naked man, with a beard and long hair down to his shoulders, apparently dead or, at the very least, in a state of unconsciousness and complete immobility at the moment the image was formed. The wounds he bears seem to have been inflicted by a professional torturer. The only way to fully understand the Shroud is to attempt to reproduce a copy. ..."First, we spread a white linen sheet on the floor, then we covered the naked body of a man with black paint and, after laying him on the sheet, we wrapped him from head to toe in the fabric."... On the part reproducing the back of the figure, the im...