‘A sucker born every minute’: The man who duped tourists with a fake Greek amphitheater

‘A sucker born every minute’: The man who duped tourists with a fake Greek amphitheatre

The case has scandalized Italy, a country that just edges out China for the most UNESCO World Heritage sites and is home to many legitimate Greek and Roman theatres, from those of Syracuse and Pompeii, where productions are still staged each summer, to the amphitheatre of Verona, 40 miles west of Arcugnano, which becomes a mega-stage for opera each summer.

‘A sucker born every minute’: The man who duped tourists with a fake Greek amphitheater

The Anfiteatro del Berico, a supposed Greek theater in Arcugnano, Italy, had a $46 entry fee. But it was made of concrete and polystyrene.