Evangelical Alliance: Tony Anthony's Taming the Tiger is fiction, not fact

Controversial evangelist Tony Anthony's book Taming the Tiger has been re-released.

The Evangelical Alliance has responded to the republication of Taming the Tiger by the evangelist Tony Anthony with a restatement of its 2013 verdict on the discredited autobiography.

Anthony's book purported to be an account of his early life and training as a Kung Fu expert, his work as a close protection personal security guard, his criminal activity and conversation to Christianity. However, it was investigated by an independent Evangelical Alliance-appointed panel and found to be largely fictional. Anthony's credibility was destroyed.

Taming the Tiger has been lightly edited and re-released by RoperPenberthy Publishing.

The EA statement said: "We re-iterate the findings of the independent panel set up by Avanti – and chaired by barrister John Langlois – following discussions and nominations by the Evangelical Alliance: that Tony did not spend his childhood in China, he was never Kung Fu world champion and never worked in close protection."

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John Langlois previously told Christian Today that the panel "had no hesitation in concluding that Tony Anthony's life has been and continued to be dominated by lies".

He continued: "Any reader of the new edition should bear in mind while reading it that this is not a true story with some artistic licence. It is a work of fiction with a few facts woven in. Tony Anthony was not brought up in China. He was never a Kung Fu champion."

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