Italian con artist jailed for building 'world's oldest and largest amphitheatre' 20-years ago

Per Euronews, an Italian con artist has been jailed for an elaborate hoax: constructing a structure and marketing it as the world's oldest and largest ancient Roman amphitheatre, when it was actually built from modern materials. The deception persisted for years before being exposed.

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