Indian couple faked Everest climb, says Nepal

An Indian couple faked a Mount Everest ascent earlier this year by altering photographs to make it appear they were on the summit, according to Nepalese mountaineering authorities.

Mountaineering Department official Gyanendra Shrestha said the government had cancelled climbing certificates issued to Dinesh and Tarakeshwari Rathod and banned them from climbing any mountain in the Himalayan nation for 10 years.