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In a hilarious turn of events, a prankster in Switzerland convinced a major Swiss newspaper to publish a two-page fake Gucci ad. The ad features a picture of the prankster himself, posing topless with a bottle of Gucci perfume.

Not only did he manage to get his fake Gucci ad published, but he avoided having to pay for it. The prankster arranged for the $50,000 perfume ad bill to be sent directly to Gucci. Swiss police are currently looking for him with the intention of pressing fraud charges.

This also isn’t the first time he’s tried to pull of a major prank:

According to the Zurich-based daily Blick, the man attempted to book concert venues by passing himself off as Puerto Rican singer Chayanne. The paper said it narrowly avoided also being conned, but was tipped of the hoax by record company Sony BMG, which represents Chayanne.

I’m impressed. This man ranks right up there with the ZUG and Improv Everywhere crews as one of my favourite pranksters. Check out the AP coverage for further details.