A lot of the classics we have today are copies of copies of copies. The Dead sea scrolls are the oldest known copy of the bible, and nobody believes they are originals. They are mostly interesting because they can help us track down where copies made a mistake and so the text we consider original today might be wrong. (but we don't know - there is also the possibility those scrolls were put hidden because when checking the copy they found mistakes and so put them where they wouldn't be used - not wanting to destroy the parts that were God's word)
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A lot of the classics we have today are copies of copies of copies. The Dead sea scrolls are the oldest known copy of the bible, and nobody believes they are originals. They are mostly interesting because they can help us track down where copies made a mistake and so the text we consider original today might be wrong. (but we don't know - there is also the possibility those scrolls were put hidden because when checking the copy they found mistakes and so put them where they wouldn't be used - not wanting to destroy the parts that were God's word)