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We've had fake footprints in the night sky, fake fireworks over the stadium and a fake singer.
Now the latest is reports of fake children at the Olympics opening ceremony.
Organisers of the Beijing Games have today acknowledged that the children dressed in various ethnic costumes from around China who carried out the Chinese flag at the opening ceremony were not actually from those ethnic groups.
Games Vice President Wang Wei was rapidly into damage control mode, downplaying the latest incident.
"It is typical for Chinese performers to wear different apparel from different ethnic groups. There is nothing special about it," Wang told reporters.
"They will wear different apparel to signify people are friendly and happy together."
The children were reportedly from the Galaxy Children's Art Troupe.
But the programme for the 4- hour ceremony had said the children were from these groups.
"Fifty-six children from 56 Chinese ethnic groups cluster around the Chinese national flag, representing the 56 ethnic groups," read the media guide for the opening ceremony.
