The man behind ‘fake Jesus Christ’

Photos and videos showing a man dressed as Jesus Christ have been widely shared on social media across Africa.

But who is the man and what was he doing?

One tongue-in-cheek tweet, shared more than 8,000 times and retweeted by among others South African opposition politician Julius Malema, says “a pastor from South Africa invited Jesus Christ from heaven to preach in his church”.

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