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Here’s everything you need to know about the real Belle Gibson

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A new Netflix miniseries, Apple Cider Vinegar , debuts Thursday .

Belle Gibson , a young Australian woman who claimed to have terminal brain cancer, has been revealed to be a con artist.

She has since been accused of fraudulently lying to hundreds of thousands of followers on Instagram .

Gibson 's motives remain intriguingly unclear.

The Woman Who Fooled the World: The Whole Pantry .

Belle Gibson , 23 , is accused of lying about her cancer diagnosis.

Penguin Australia was later fined $ 30,000 AUD for failing to fact-check Gibson 's story.

She signed a book deal with a $ 132,000 advance for a cookbook with a 250 glossy pages with 100 recipes.

Many viewers were certain Belle Gibson suffers from some kind of mental illness or disorder, likely Munchausen ’s syndrome.

Strauss has landed somewhere in the middle of the debate.