The decoy must conceal his or her imposture from the "audience". Its imposture is not unveiled until the healthy fox pretends to be ill. It was based on a case of imposture in 16th century France, involving Martin Guerre. Sor Patrocinio was put on trial accused of imposture and of supporting the Carlist cause. I went to Turville prepared to find an imposture. In 1910, Weyman's first imposture was as U.S. consul representative to Morocco. Shirley himself considered "The Imposture" the best of his romantic comedies. In the town, the people were already saying it was an "imposture". Little but detection of imposture came of this. The king sees through the imposture, but is pleased with the performance. He played himself in the film "Imposture" (2005).