13. Human Fetus Soup In Asia
In 2001, an email was widely spread, perpetuating the myth that restaurants in Asia were serving human fetus soup. The text varied, but the narrative and the images remained the same. The images do not actually prove that anyone is eating human fetuses anywhere in the world, yet people are still debating about this. The photographs that were used are taken by a Chinese performance artist, Zhu Yu who staged the piece “Eating People” in 2000 at Shanghai Arts Festival. The “fetus” he ate was created by placing a doll’s head on a duck’s carcass. This is one of the most memorable hoaxes that somehow fooled the world.
