"The award was invented by Montaclair, and the academic had bought the medal from a jeweller in Paris for 250 to present to himself."
At a prestigious ceremony, a literature professor received a fake Gold Medal of Philology award. The professor, Florent Montaclair, bought the medal and doctorate online to obtain a promotion and pay rise. Now under investigation for forgery, he denies any criminality. The entire event was a hoax, potentially worthy of a film script.
Read at www.theguardian.com
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