Chinese faked Olympic opening ceremony

Chinese officials have admitted faking parts of the opening ceremony for the Beijing Olympics.

In fact they have gone one better than admitting it and are now even boasting about fooling people.

Millions of viewers worldwide watched in awe as a series of 29 fireworks appeared to be set off to show giant footprints in the sky running to the national stadium.

But bosses have now revealed the images which were shown as though live were in fact filmed over a period of 12 months.

"Most of the audience thought it was filmed live - so that was mission accomplished," Gao Xiaolong, head of the visual effects team for the ceremony boasted in the Beijing Times.