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'''The Cardiff Giant''' was a fradulent statue, promoted as a [[fossil]] of a giant man.

'''The Cardiff Giant''' was a fraudulent statue, promoted as a [[fossil]] of a giant man.

George Hull, a New York athiest, perpetrated the fraud after arguing with a minister about a passage in Genesis that claimed there were 'giants' on earth in biblical times.  After creating the fake out of a block of gypsum quarried in Fort Dodge, Iowa, Hull transported it to his cousin's farm where it was buried for a year.  The two men charged 25¢ to view the fake.  When circus owner [[P.T. Barnum]] was unable to purchase the giant, he had another one carved and promoted it as the original.

George Hull, a New York atheist, perpetrated the fraud after arguing with a minister about a passage in Genesis that claimed there were 'giants' on earth in biblical times.  After creating the fake out of a block of gypsum quarried in Fort Dodge, Iowa, Hull transported it to his cousin's farm where it was buried for a year.  The two men charged 25¢ to view the fake.  When circus owner [[P.T. Barnum]] was unable to purchase the giant, he had another one carved and promoted it as the original.