27 May 2026

In 1631, the Royal Printer to King Charles I accidentally published a King James Bible with a catastrophic typo. The Seventh Commandment read: 'Thou shalt commit adultery.' Around 1,000 copies were printed before the error was caught. The printers were hauled before the Archbishop of Canterbury, fined 300 pounds, and had their printing licenses revoked. Most copies were destroyed; surviving editions now sell for tens of thousands of pounds.