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The gypsy camp was also to be filmed in an actual camp in Topkapi, but was actually shot in a replica of it in Pinewood.

"All done," Stella said after what seemed like a few seconds (but was actually 20 minutes).

What I found was that I was afraid of numbers but was actually quite good at them.

Al-Afghani (1838-97) claimed to be a Sunni Muslim from Afghanistan but was actually a Persian Shiite.

One image showed a street full of police but was actually taken at the Notting Hill carnival in 2008.

The scene surrounding the band had anti-establishment trappings but was actually mainstream, bourgeois and ultimately quite safe.

The grilled and roasted veggie plate sounded light but was actually large enough to pass as an entree.

On her right wrist she wore a dozen bracelets made of what appeared to be barbed wire but was actually gray plastic gimp.

"An analyst once pointed out an individual on the street I thought was Afghan, but was actually Pakistani," said the detective from the Priority Targeting Unit.

Her first purchase was an elongated statue of a man made from what looked like twisted paper but was actually metal pressed into thin sheets.

We were both amazed by "Monekana," a horse sculpture by Deborah Butterfield that appeared to be made of driftwood but was actually bronze.