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Silly Prankster Gets His Rocks Off

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Filed under: Practical Jokes and Mischief, Prank News, Pranksters

Dear Josh Pieters, You might want to aim a little higher.

YouTuber Josh Pieters pranks influencers with ‘Moon rock’
BBC
August 9, 2019

A prankster has duped 40 social media influencers by sending them “Moon rock” that was actually gravel.

YouTuber Josh Pieters sent packages to the online celebrities, claiming they were from the National Space Centre to mark the 50th anniversary of the Moon landing.

Celebrities taken in by the prank included several Made In Chelsea stars, Instagram influencers and YouTubers.

The space centre said its credibility had been questioned.

Mr Pieters posted parcels with a false certificate of authenticity, and a handwritten note on paper with a fake letterhead.

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Posted: August 10th, 2019

Moon Rock is a Crock

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Filed under: Fact or Fiction?, Truth that's Stranger than Fiction

Dutch museum duped by ‘moon rock’
by Toby Sterling
Brisbane Times
August 28, 2009

Amsterdam – It’s not green cheese, but it might as well be.

The Dutch national museum said on Thursday that one of its prized possessions, a rock supposedly brought back from the moon by US astronauts, is just a piece of petrified wood.

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Rijksmuseum spokeswoman Xandra van Gelder, who oversaw the investigation that proved the piece was a fake, said the museum will keep it anyway as a curiosity. (more…)

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Posted: August 28th, 2009