Case file · Non-fiction & research literature
Lobsang Rampa, 'The Third Eye'
Purported autobiography of a Tibetan lama, actually written by Cyril Henry Hoskin, a plumber's son from Devon.
1956 CE · 29.65, 91.17 · status: hoax
The account
For: it was presented as genuine and was an international bestseller.
The sceptical view
Against: investigators found that the author was Hoskin, who claimed his body was inhabited by a Tibetan monk's spirit; Tibet scholars found its content unreliable.