Are the images a fake or are they real?<br /><br /> A German TV prankster has “admitted” to faking a video showing Yanis Varoufakis, the Greek finance minister, giving the middle finger to Germany.<br /><br /> But there are still doubts as to whether he made the offensive gesture or not.<br /><br /> The minister has strongly denied the allegations.<br /><br /> “This was a doctored video, it was a gesture I`ve never made in my life and the German people deserve better media,” he said.<br /><br /> The footage comes from an event in 2013 in Zagreb, Croatia, before Varoufakis took office.<br /><br /> The Greek minister has regularly traded barbs with Germany especially with his counterpart, Wolfgang Schaeuble, since the Syriza party came to power in January on a promise to end austerity and renegotiate bailout terms. <br /><br /> The German public broadcaster ARD, which aired the video on Sunday during a live interview with Varoufakis, said it had seen “no signs of manipulation” but would have experts check it.
