Far better to deem the evidence to be an act of Photoshop than the alternative, it is a wise tradition that goes back to the days of Nelson once raised his telescope to blind eye and declared " I see no ships".
Oh I see, far too subtle for me at 2am.
It may be less than 20 years ago but 1998 seems like a different age as far as that sort of thing was concerned, Hanna and others got away with all sorts of stuff that would probably have landed them in court today, there was no need to pretend it didn't happen. I guess if he had removed Alain de Cadenet's head they may have been a little less obliging.