2. Faces based on The Shroud of Turin

3. Classical & Modern Paintings & Drawings

5. Modern Composites of Jesus

6. The BBC used a combination of 2,000-year-old Jewish skulls and ancient religious images to generate what it claims is the first "true-to-life" picture of Jesus Christ. The first pictures, reminiscent of a police e-fit, were released today as part of a promotional push for a major new BBC1 religious series, Son of God. "The image of Jesus we have today dates back to sixth century religious portraits," said producer Jean Claude Bragard. "We also looked at Jewish faces from the first century to come up with this, " he added. The image is strikingly different to the traditional idea of Jesus with long hair and a beard. "The reconstruction provides the closest image of what this remarkable man may have looked like, " said the BBC.