Thread by @ATHARProject

THREAD UPDATE: Just one week ago we posted this new Facebook group created for trafficking Jewish manuscripts and artifacts

7 days later, the membership has more than doubled from 727 members to roughly 1,600 members

That's a rate of over 120 new members per day since last week

https://twitter.com/ATHARProject/status/1329071483423961088

This Facebook trafficking group's rapid growth means that members are offering trafficked pieces for sale more frequently.

Just 4 hours ago a user with an unlisted location offered a torah scroll for sale.

Reminder: Facebook banned the sale of historical artifacts in June.

Material is still being offered from countries in conflict in the Facebook group for trafficking Jewish manuscripts and artifacts.

Just 5 hours ago, a user in Tripoli, Libya offered a historic Hebrew book for sale. He claims that it is 170 years old.

The growth of this Facebook trafficking group also means a diversification of material offered.

Just one hour ago a user offered an illuminated Quran for sale.

While it isn't Jewish material as the group is set up for, users still express interest in the item.

The admin of the group has advertised his group in older, more established Facebook antiquities trafficking groups, a likely contributor to its rapid growth.

Yesterday he posted about it in an 18k-member group located in Rabat, Morocco—an area with a lot of Jewish material.