A widely shared apologetic claim that characters Joseph Smith copied from the gold plates match an old Native American hieroglyphic script unravels under scrutiny in a new video from Informed Saints. The video examines a chart appearing in annotated Book of Mormon editions that compares reformed Egyptian characters to Mi'kmaq script.

When researcher traced every glyph to its source, the trail led to what the video calls "the most infamous fraud in Native American history" — a 19th-century fabrication. The Mi'kmaq hieroglyphic writing system promoted by certain scholars was itself a modern invention, not an ancient indigenous script.

The 11-hour-old video has drawn 2,906 views and 38 comments, with strong engagement ratios suggesting the debunking resonates with both faithful and ex-Mormon audiences interested in Book of Mormon apologetics.