Highly flexible inorganic fibrous shaped body

An inorganic fibrous shaped body which comprises both an inorganic fiber component that contains at least a bio-soluble inorganic fiber having a specific composition and an organic binder other than thermosetting resins, with the proviso that the shaped body contains neither a thermosetting resin nor colloidal silica nor a metal alkoxide, and which is obtained by subjecting a slurry that contains the inorganic fiber component and the organic binder to dewatering and forming.