The controversial depiction of the Prophet Muhammad in "Innocence of Muslims," a film that sparked attacks at three U.S. embassies in the Middle East. Photo: YouTube.

JTA – NEW YORK  — There was no Israeli-American real estate developer named Sam Bacile, and the 100 Jews he claimed had financed his anti-Islam film were fictitious as well.

Both fabrications were offered to the media apparently to hide the true identity of the Egyptian Christian from Southern California who has since been fingered as the main figure behind the film that sparked violence across the Muslim world.

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