The Fake 'Asian' Who Fooled 18th-Century London
George Psalmanazar, a blond-haired man with blue eyes, convinced English intellectuals that Jesuit priests had kidnapped him from the savage island of Taiwan.

George Psalmanazar, a blond-haired man with blue eyes, convinced English intellectuals that Jesuit priests had kidnapped him from the savage island of Taiwan.

This week's hoax over his supposedly continued existence pales in comparison to what the comic accomplished at the height of his powers.
