You can't April Fool J.K. Rowling (even with Photoshop)

Foolproof.
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LONDON -- Harry Potter fans, we have definitive evidence that when it comes to April Fools' Day J.K. Rowling is totally foolproof.

Scottish Resistance, a group of pro-independence activists, photoshopped their logo on a photo of the writer and posted the result on Facebook.


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Claiming the author as part of their campaign, the caption read: "BREAKING NEWS: JK Rowling has joined The Scottish Resistance and has started a new book THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF WESTMONSTER"

After the prank was mentioned to J.K. Rowling on Twitter, she replied: "That's made my day". 

Before, posting a pic of herself with The Scottish Resistance t-shirt saying: "They needn't have used photoshop, though". 

The takeaway, Rowling can't be pranked. 

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