It has been forensically proven by Private Investigator Wouter de Swardt of Fox Forensics Private Investigators that the story and the book about “the Lost Boys of Bird Island” was a complete and utter hoax. Mark Minnie duped Chris Steyn and the two of them then hoaxed Maryna Lamprecht – the Non-Fiction Editor of Tafelberg Publishers and the complete Board of Directors of Media24 and Naspers. The onus was nevertheless on Media24 to undertake a proper and compelling due diligence. Nobody did any due diligence.