 This game continued undetected until in 1990 the group told a reporter that they had been cast in "Batman" and had become great friends with Jack Nicholson, both lies.The story was reported as fact in newspapers around Australia and appeared as a cover story in the TV guide of Melbourne's "Herald Sun" before the media realised the hoax.Tim Ferguson met Richard Fidler busking on the streets of Canberra in 1984, while they were both attending university.