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Commission · BBC Radio 4 · 2025

Intrigue: Word of God

A billionaire family’s mission to amass ancient biblical treasures, and the trail of forgeries and looted antiquities it left.

The art sleuth Ben Lewis investigates the Green family, owners of Hobby Lobby, who spent millions collecting biblical manuscripts and artefacts for the Museum of the Bible in Washington. Their collecting led to a government investigation, claims of forgery and an international trail of looted antiquities. A seven part series for Radio 4’s Intrigue strand.

Presenter
Ben Lewis
Producer
Clem Hitchcock
Executive producers
Philip Abrams and Jago Lee