Sentences with phrase «very elaborate hoax»
The original mermaid's unveiling however, made for a very elaborate hoax; in order to have the public's curiosity, Barnum had one of his associates disguise himself as a «Dr. J. Griffin» of the Lyceum of Natural History, and sent the press letters about the doctor, who had in his possession a great discovery, and because Griffin was a «certified naturalist,» everyone believed it to be real.
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Little did they know that the Turk was a very clever fraud, one of the most elaborate hoaxes in history.