"Ondaatje eschews the nuts and bolts of period detail, the roughage of authentic fact," Boyd writes, drawing an implicit contrast with his own historical fictions.
Regardless of whether the money is authentic, the fact that it was hidden so well and found in relatively small denominations suggests that it is highly suspicious in origin, current and former government officials said.
That doesn't mean that the game experience on the Zodiac isn't authentic; in fact, this gameplay is nearly the same as on the PC a decade ago.
He has succeeded in being perceived by the public as more honest and authentic, despite fact checkers saying otherwise.
Many collectors were duped though: only three of the 10 tsantsas in the museum are in fact authentic.
"Bob Dylan came along and did different things," says Joel. "He was vilified for it because he wasn't authentic, but in fact he did respect the folk traditions.
"Some or all of the objects in the exhibition that are said to be authentic may in fact be copies," the sign reads.
I'll stop here, and add only that, while the details of these commercials are Willmott's invention, their names are in fact authentic: a postscript in the credits documents their real-life history, which in some cases extends until late in the twentieth century.
Statues to the valiant Haenyeo are raised all around Udo. Throughout Korea, you find "folk villages" whose name may smack unappetisingly of Disneyland, but six of which are, in fact, authentic villages that have been sensitively restored to preserve traditional lifestyles.
And rogue sites harm consumers with websites that look authentic, but in fact sell fakes like clothing, electronics, and medicine that are often shoddy and sometimes dangerous.
