An Italian man built a fake Roman amphitheatre, fooled tourists for nearly 10 years and charged €40 for guided tours
- Visitors to a hillside near Vicenza in northern Italy spent nearly a decade believing they were exploring the remains of a forgotten Roman amphitheatre.
- Guided by dramatic tales of ancient emperors, gladiators and even visits by Julius Caesar and Cleopatra, they willingly paid €40 for tours of what appeared to be an extraordinary archaeological discovery.
- In reality, investigators later found that the entire site had been built using modern materials by Franco Malosso von Rosenfranz, a local man who presented the homemade structure as authentic ancient ruins.
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- Visitors to a hillside near Vicenza in northern Italy spent nearly a decade believing they were exploring the remains of a forgotten Roman amphitheatre.
- Guided by dramatic tales of ancient emperors, gladiators and even visits by Julius Caesar and Cleopatra, they willingly paid €40 for tours of what appeared to be an extraordinary archaeological discovery.
- In reality, investigators later found that the entire site had been built using modern materials by Franco Malosso von Rosenfranz, a local man who presented the homemade structure as authentic ancient ruins.
Sources: Times of India