ORLANDO -- Since The Holy Land Experience opened six months ago, 200,000 people have passed through the gates of the Bible-based theme park.

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The Jewish community is angered over Holy Land expansion plans.

People like Mario Luque believe that the park makes a difference.

"We want to see the good of the land, and I think it's related to the Holy Land," Luque said.

But since the day the park opened, it has been touched by controversy. Some people of the Jewish faith believe that the Holy Land is backed by Christians who are dedicated to converting Jews to Christianity.

Now the park is planning to open the Scriptorium. It will contain the largest collection of Biblical artifacts in the world, park officials said.

About 12,000 religious artifacts will be housed in the $9.5 million exhibit. The collection is valued at anywhere between $20 million and $100 million.

In the collection are between 10 and 20 Torah scrolls, considered sacred by those of the Jewish faith. Rabbi Daniel Wolpe said that putting them on display shows great disrespect.

"It is considered the greatest gift God has given the Jewish people. Putting it in a museum is the same as a Jew taking an image of Jesus and denigrating it," Wolpe said.

Marvin Rosenthal, the park founder, disagrees.

"Scrolls are exhibited in museums all over the world," Rosenthal said.

And they're coming to our corner of the world in June, 2002.