Checkout the ‘Face’ of Jesus Christ as a Boy (Photos)

This is the "angelic" face of a 12-year-old
Jesus – according to Italian police.
Detectives used computer forensic techniques
that
have helped to catch mafia bosses to generate
the
image.
First, they created a photo-fit picture from the
facial image in the Turin Shroud, which many
believe to be that of Jesus. They then used a
computer program to reverse the ageing
process
by reducing the jaw size, slimming the face and
softening the eyes to arrive at the younger
Christ.
Italian police use the same digital techniques,
but
in reverse, to create updated photo-fit images of
fugitive mafia bosses whose faces have not been
seen for years.
The image of the young Jesus was created to
coincide with the latest exhibition of the Turin
Shroud at Turin Cathedral which is expected to
attract millions of visitors, including Pope
Francis.
Pope Francis decreed the latest exhibition to
mark
the 200th anniversary of the birth of St John
Bosco, a 19th century monk who devoted his life
to
the education of poor children in newly-
industrialised Turin.
Debate rages over the authenticity of the
Shroud,
which is imprinted with the image of a man who
appears to have been crucified.
When the shroud was last presented to the
public,
in 2010, more than two million people filed past
it.