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Indonesia Counterfeits Mr Bean

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Jun 09, 2012
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In a country where counterfeiting is taken for granted in everything from films to pharmaceuticals, Indonesia’s film industry appears to have gone one better. They have counterfeited Mr Bean, the bumbling British character played by Rowan Atkinson.

Although the actor hopping across Indonesian movie screens as a ghost may look like Mr. Bean, and the film,

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