Episodes in the book were fabricated or 'grossly exaggerated', it was claimed yesterday.

They have become detached from reality or have a grossly exaggerated idea of our capabilities.

Of the remaining 70 per cent, 27 per cent said they thought it was grossly exaggerated.

She was awarded 115,000 and the judge found her case had been 'in part dishonest and in part grossly exaggerated'.

However, several writers believed that the extraordinary events at the graveyard were grossly exaggerated.