A doctor in Germany has been jailed for nearly three years for providing over 1,000 fake COVID-19 vaccination certificates during the coronavirus pandemic. Dr Bianca Witzsche, 67, is said to…
A zoo that compensated for not being given any giant pandas has become a laughing stock after colouring two Chow Chow dogs black and white to make them look like…
Police officers accused of switching a GBP 200,000 gold ingot with a worthless copper replica are under investigation in Peru. The original was one of two seized during a raid…
A self-styled seer who claimed to have holy visions after her statue of the Virgin Mary started crying blood has fled after a church probe found it was pig's blood.…
Austrian customs have seized nearly 45,000 fake Louis Vuitton purses and Versace sunglasses hidden in boxes at Vienna Airport. The counterfeit products, weighing more than two tonnes, were found inside…
A small pottery shard that was believed to be a rare 2,500-old find inscribed with the name of the Persian king Darius the Great turned out to be nothing more…
Experts in Japan have said that what was long thought to be a mummified mermaid is in fact fake after studying it for a year. The "Mermaid Mummy" is owned…
Experts in Spain have unveiled this lifelike Jesus Christ made of latex and silicon – and real human hair – based on data collected from the famous Shroud of Turin.…
Fraud police have busted scammers suspected of selling fake Canadian 'Maple Leaf' gold coins with the face of Queen Elizabeth on them. The fraudsters are said to have conned buyers…
A mysterious mechanical device made more than 2,000 years ago to track the movements of heavenly bodies that was so complex it was believed to have been a fake was…