Alleged fake doctor’s

before it was discovered he was not in fact a registered doctor.

A doctor, who Stuff has agreed not to name, said the man was in his university class when he was found to have forged a student ID card for the University of Auckland and was doing cadaver dissections.

‘‘We were all very shocked when it happened. I can’t believe it’s happened a second time ... it’s pretty horrific.

‘‘It’s his second bite at the cherry,’’ the doctor said. The doctor said the man was a ‘‘pretty nice guy’’ but people in the class were angry when it was found out he was not in fact a student.

At the time, a spokesperson from the university’s medical school said the man participated in the second and third year of the six-year medical course.

He was alleged to have dissected cadavers, the spokesperson confirmed. Over the two-year period, he evaded lecturers by not putting his name to anything, he said. The University of Auckland yesterday confirmed the student involved in that incident was the same person alleged to have gained employment at Counties Manukau DHB using false documents.

The university confirmed the man was never enrolled in and did not graduate from the School of Medicine. The University of Otago, home to the country’s other medical school, also confirmed there was no record of him ever graduating.

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