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$329.00. Buy It Now. Free Shipping. is a silver and nu gold reliquary for a piece of the True Cross of the Crucifixion. The piece consists of a raised nu gold dome, organic pierced base, and silver brambles set with cubic zirconia. The dome houses two pieces of the True Cross set in glass domes with the original barcode from the hardware store still incredibly preserved!

In the modern world, where value is dictated by monetary worth, holy objects have the potential to become ridiculous. eBay is filled with hundreds of listings for holy relics, each claiming to be legitimized by its own signed certificate of authenticity. If supposedly authentic religious icons can now be bought and sold for a few hundred dollars with a 30-day return policy and free shipping, the holiness of these objects must be called into question. $329.00. Buy It Now. Free Shipping. serves as a criticism not only of these modern fakes, but of any holy object of unknown origin. Can anyone be sure of the legitimacy of the object they worship? How can anyone be certain that their icon is any more precious than a "True Cross" bought from Home Depot?