The Guardian also printed the story, but the article's author suspected it to be an April Fools' Day prank.

This article was done as an April Fools' Day prank.

He tends to be serious, but did stir things up with a crafty April Fool's Day prank.

Some thought this was a bad April Fool's Day prank.

The Dead fairy hoax was an April Fools' Day prank in 2007.

During his time at Sun, he was the recipient of two notable April Fool's Day pranks.

This argument was only a viral April Fools' Day prank.

As an April Fools' Day prank in 2009, the show's staff placed a wider table top over her normal table.

One of the site's traditions is to pull an April Fool's Day prank.

Akhtar and his site have gained some notoriety for being the source of several April Fools' Day pranks.