| Mummelmann said: Hasn't this been debunked several times over a couple of years as being a hoax story to gain clicks? |
It is a hoax indeed!
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/11/07/man-sued-wife-ugly-baby-hoax_n_4231992.html
In the October 2012 reports, which were picked up by Fox 31 as well as ourselves, it was alleged the man won £75,000 in a northern China court for the “deception”.
There has been no official confirmation of the story - which we've found to have been circulating sans picture, as early as 2004 - and suspicions abound it could well have been a hoax.
But the tale will not be silenced. And on Thursday it grew arms and legs, with cyberspace spitting out this picture, purporting to be of the couple and their threechildren.
The image was picked up by various outlets, including CocoaFab, Panorama am anda blog on ChicagoNow.
Having donned our deerstalkers, we have to say we’ve got our doubts.
First of, there are three sprogs in this snap. The initial yarn cited a single daughter. Also, if the sight of the first-born prompted legal action, it's unlikely the couple would have procreated a further two times and posed for a family portrait.
Furthermore, Rocket News 24 covered the picture more than a year ago – and claims it is a rather cruel advert for a plastic surgery clinic in Taiwan.
According to the channel, the advert’s strapline featured the words: “The only thing you have to worry about after plastic surgery is the explaining you’ll have to do to your children.”
Mysterious, oh so mysterious.
