The Bodleian Library in Oxford had an exhibition to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the King James Bible. Among other things on display, was one of the very rare copies of “The Wicked Bible”.
The story is quite simple. The King James Bible reprint from 1631 had a little omission: the word NOT from the seventh commandment (Exodus 20:14). So the famous “Thou shalt NOT commit adultery” became “Though shalt commit adultery”.
The error was quickly spotted (I imagine the wild spontaneous street celebrations for a Bible print were a bit suspicious). The printers were fined and lost their licence and most of the copies were burned.
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