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Fake Blue Plaques
In 2011 verisimilitude artist Marcus Cactus fixed twenty five blue plaques onto randomly selected houses in Shepshed, Leicestershire. The plaques were fixed surreptitiously during the early hours of 13 December 2011 and many were removed by bemused residents upon their discovery. The plaques claimed that famous historical figures were associated with the town and had lived, stayed, or died in the houses that Cactus selected. Cultural icons featured on the plaques included Henry Tudor, Monty Python star Graham Chapman, and comedian Tony Hancock. A further plaque claimed that Humbert Humbert, protagonist of Lolita, had stayed in the chosen house and was arrested there in 1955 for an undisclosed crime. Cactus wished to abuse peoples’ faith in the veracity of the blue plaque by giving a sense of authenticity to the dullest of places. Mark Callaghan="test">. />