The South African woman who claimed of giving birth to 10 babies was not pregnant in the past months, the Gauteng provincial government alleged in a statement.
According to local media, Gosiame Sithole, 37, claimed that she gave birth to 10 babies on June 7 at a local hospital in Gauteng province, reports Xinhua news agency.
"The Gauteng provincial government conducted a thorough check with all hospitals in the province to establish the veracity or otherwise of reports," the statement issued on Wednesday said.
"None of the hospitals in the province, public and private, had any records of such birth at their facilities."
Sithole was taken to hospital on June 18 where several examinations were conducted.
"It has now been established by medical practitioners that Sithole did not give birth to any babies in recent times.
"It is also been established that she was not pregnant in recent times," Gauteng Provincial government spokesperson Thabo Masebe was quoted as saying in the statement.
He said the government will continue providing medical, psychological and social support to the woman.
The case
There were reports that Sithole who was already a mother of 6-year-old twins, was expecting six children, and then eight as per doctors. However on June 7 night she claimed that she gave birth to ten babies. She gave birth to seven boys and three girls by Caesarean section.
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A representative of the Guinness World Record then said, “Guinness World Records was aware of the news that Gosiame Thamara Sithole had given birth to decuplets, and their records team alongside a specialist consultant were looking into this.”
However, the Guinness World Records team then gave no confirmation over this development, and today Gauteng provincial government has said that it was fake news.