Source: Daily Mail [UK]
“Italian prosecutors are investigating an alleged illegal marketplace for relics of Carlo Acutis, the late British-born 15-year-old set to become the first millennial saint later this month. Bishop Domenico Sorrentino filed a formal complaint after learning of an alleged sale of Acutis'[s] hair, said to have been bought online by an anonymous user for as much as 2,000 euros (£1,675). ‘We do not know whether the relics are real or fake,’ the bishop acknowledged. ‘But if it were also all invented, if there was deception, we would be not only in the midst of a fraud but also of an insult to religious belief.’ The Diocese of Assisi-Nocera-Gualdo claims to have verified at least one of the relics. But they warn others are still circulating on the internet, always attributed to Acutis.” (04/06/25)
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14559395/italian-prosecutors-probe-sale-carlo-acutis.html