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A fake wedding, a double life and forged documents. In 2013 investigative journalist Benita Alexander was making a documentary about 'super-surgeon' Paolo Macchiarini and his pioneering synthetic organ transplants. The pair quickly fell in love and Benita was swept into a whirlwind romance. Paolo proposed, but the fairytale soon began to unravel when she discovered that the extravagant star-studded wedding he told her he was planning was all a lie. But the fake wedding was just the beginning...

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Presenter: Andrea Kennedy
Producer: Mariana Des Forges

Picture: Paolo Macchiarini and Benita Alexander
Credit: Courtesy Benita Alexander, Instagram @loveconned

Published on Saturday, 29th May 2021.

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