Authenticity check of viral post shows different story

WASHINGTON: Social media posts shared thousands of times purport to show an ancient Bible — or in some versions, a Quran — that is still readable after it was found at the bottom of the ocean.
The book is in fact not a religious book but a work by the US artist Catherine McEver.
She explained on her blog in 2014 how she created this particular work by using a cleaning product to grow crystals on a dictionary.
Posts claiming the book was a Bible or Quran found underwater hail the supposed discovery as miraculous.
One Facebook post has been shared more than 4,000 times since it was published in November 2018.
“This is a miracle,” the caption reads.