Polish presidential candidate ridiculed for donning disguise to promote book

Karol Nawrocki is facing derision after it emerged he donned a disguise to promote his own book on TV.

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Karol Nawrocki has been widely ridiculed after it emerged that several years ago he donned a disguise to praise his own book on TV.

Written by a mysterious author called Tadeusz Batyr, the book documented the life of a gangster from 1980s communist Poland.

But it has now been revealed that Tadeusz Batyr was a pseudonym created by Nawrocki, a historian and former museum director who is backed by the right-wing Law and Justice party (PiS) in the upcoming presidential election.

In 2018, Nawrocki appeared on TV as his alter-ego Tadeusz Batyr, disguised in a hat and with his face blurred, and lavished praise on himself.

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