It's a kind of magic

An opposition party member has accused a Congress (party in power) party member of burning currency - which is a punishable (up to 5 years) offence in India. But the Congress party member was doing a magic trick!

Mr Rao [the magician] said the paper that was burned was not a banknote.

Mr Chary [the accomplice] also denied the banknote was burned. He told the BBC it was like demanding a murder charge for the magician's trick of cutting a person in two and then producing them alive.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4713116.stm

Do people really have no work?