Holy Water

7 July 2010 - A South Korean medical professor who invented a digital device he claimed could turn tap water into holy water is facing fraud charges. Seoul police explained that the professor said to have digitally captured the curative powers of the holy water on devices that he sold to more than 5,000 people for more than HKD 10 million profit. That's a lot of money! The 53-years old professor said he had obtained holy water from the shrine of the Holy Mary in Lourdes, the famous pilgrimage site in France. He also said he was also able to digitally transfer those healing powers onto ceramic and paper filters and plastic cards. Anyway, I do believe a bottle of the professor's holy water is cheaper than a return-ticket Seoul - Lourdes, but how is it possible that 5,000+ persons went for it? The professor must be a marketing genius.