announced. Fujimura admitted his forgery in an interview with the newspaper. Fujimura confessed and apologized the same day in a press conference. He said that he had been "possessed by an uncontrollable urge". He had planted the artifacts from his own collection in strata that would have indicated earlier dates. In Kamitakamori he had planted 61 of 65 artifacts, and had earlier planted all of the stonework in the Soshin Fudozaka site in Hokkaidō. He claimed that these were the only times he had planted artifacts. The Japanese Archaeological Association disaffiliated Fujimura from its members. A special investigation team of the Association revealed that almost all the artifacts which he had found were his fabrication. See also Japanese Paleolithic hoax Piltdown Man Beringer's Lying Stones References External links Japanese Archeology, Web page by C. T. Keally 前・中期旧石器問題関連文書総覧, 日本考古学協会 1950 births Archaeological forgery People involved in scientific misconduct incidents Living people Hoaxes in Japan Paleolithic Japan