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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Maira Butt

REVEALED: French professor facing probe for creating fake nobel style prize only to award it to himself | Rare Historical Photos

A French professor is being investigated after he allegedly invented a Nobel Prize-like body to grant himself a prestigious award and advance his career.

Florent Montaclair is accused of creating the International Society of Philology and then organising a ceremony at the National Assembly in Paris in 2016, where he awarded himself a Gold Medal of Philology.

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