The man who made a fake Greek amphitheater and went to jail | CNN
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This “ancient Greek” stadium in northern Italy was charging locals €40. An investigation into it took only a day to conclude it was a scam.
  • Melobol@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    2 months ago

    I like this, this is just so bizarre and just so stupid.
    If he wouldn’t built it on a protected woodland I would even had a chuckle.
    Fake art, illegal construction and scamming people. His defense at court was funny also:
    “his forgery was so obvious that nobody could have reasonably believed it to be true.”