Scholars Find Loose Manuscript Among the Carpets, Give it a Good Writeup [UPDATED]

Scholarly race to find the oldest...

Christie's sale 15984: 'Art of the Islamic and Indian Worlds Including Oriental Rugs and Carpets' London 26 April 2018
Lot 1 | A QUR'AN PALIMPSEST COPIED OVER A COPTIC BIBLE AN UNRECORDED QUR’AN PALIMPSEST COPIED ON AN EARLIER COPTIC BIBLE PROBABLY EGYPT, SECOND CENTURY AH/CIRCA 8TH CENTURY AD AND EARLIER
Provenance [blank] Estimate GBP 80,000 - GBP 120,000 Price realised GBP 596,750

Ahmed Shaker The Discovery of an 8th-Century Qur’an Written Over a Coptic Biblical Text: An Interview with Eléonore Cellard and Catherine Louis, Quranmss 22nd Jan 2019

These indices allow to suppose that these fragments were copied around the seventh century—maybe even in the sixth century—but at the moment, we can not provide a precise dating due to lack of specific indications as to where these fragments were made and the circumstances surrounding its appearance in the antique markets.

and that is the only problem the author sees in her handling this material?

UPDATE 29.03.2019
Don't know when this happened, but obviously the lady's not terribly interested in discussing these issues with my readers.

That's apparently how it is in Collège de France, Île-de-France, Paris. But hiding what you are doing does not make it right.