An AI video based on a famous religious artifact has revealed what Christ may have looked like. The Shroud of Turin is an ancient cloth which many Christians believe was used to wrap Jesus' mutilated body after he died on the cross. Photos of the cloth were fed into Midjourney, an AI image generator, which then produced a lifelike image and video of Christ blinking, smiling and praying as he may have once did before the crucifixion around 33AD. The clip was posted on X, where users have called being touted as'the true face of Jesus.' However, others have pointed out that the technology made Jesus appear white when he would have been Middle Eastern with a darker complexion.

Scientists in Italy hit the headlines this week, after claiming the famous Shroud of Turin dates from Jesus' lifetime around 2,000 years ago. Now, AI has reimagined what the son of God might have actually looked like based on the treasured relic, which is said to feature an imprint of Jesus' face. MailOnline asked the AI tool Merlin: 'Can you generate a realistic image of Jesus Christ based on the face in the Shroud of Turin?' The AI-generated result suggests Christ was white with big blue eyes, a trim beard and thorn marks on his face. So, can you see the similarities with the famous holy imprint? The Shroud of Turin is a 14-foot-long linen cloth with a faint image of a crucified man.