Fake Jim Carrey showered with confetti at Czech awards ceremony

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Take a look at this man.

Who does he look like? Anyone familiar?

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No? Just a random bloke right? Well, according to the organisers of the Česky Lev (Czech Lion) awards in Prague, he's the spitting image of Jim Carrey. AKA this guy.

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The impostor at the top is actually one Hari Zinhasovic, but he managed to fool organisers of the ceremony into thinking he was the Dumb and Dumber To star, according to reports, turning up with bodyguards and a translator and being welcomed on to the stage.

“Of course the real Jim Carrey was on the stage," award host Lucie Vyborna said to Blesk Prague newspaper defiantly after the error. "I knew that he would come but I did not know what he would do there."

Eventually, once the Czech Film and Television Academy (CFTA) had had a chance to study the real Jim Carrey's gurning mug, they admitted the mistake and issued a statement saying they "were the victims of an elaborate hoax."

It perked the real Jim up.

Look! I'm more interesting than the Oscars while plunked on my couch eating chips. MY SPIRIT WILL NOT BE IGNORED! ;^P http://t.co/ey6CnmbwEE— Jim Carrey (@JimCarrey) February 23, 2015

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