‘A sucker born every minute’: The man who duped tourists with a fake Greek amphitheater

https://edition.cnn.com/2026/08/24/travel/anfiteatro-berico-italy-fake-greek-theater-roman-amphitheater

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Melobol@lemmy.ml · 10 pts · 2d (1 reply)

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."

Malyca@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 1d

Ah, the fox news defense

poVoq@slrpnk.net · 7 pts · 2d

Disney is duping tourists with fake castles in Disney World 🤭