Soon, the Italian came forward and Temtem Pansun took responsibility for this all by uploading a string of new pictures that demonstrated that he faked it. "Initially I did not think that it could have much significance, then I saw it burst also on Youtube, Twitter, fan art, memes, even rule 34," he wrote in a post, translated from Italian on Facebook. "And I couldn't believe it."

"I congratulate those who were not convinced [...] But generally already the simple fact that I had this reach gets me understand that maybe I managed to make something really convincing," he wrote. This wasn't the story's end. That same year, Crema, a team of programmers launched a Kickstarter for Temtem, a promising-looking monster-collecting MMO. Added a special $6,000 tier that would allow a backer. "Send us sketches and work with our art team to make a Temtem and assist us emphasise its name," the description.

A streamer for owning a Pokémon-themed Minecraft mod known, pokéNinja, went for it but the design he set forth wasn't his own. It had been the blue fakemon of Spagna. "When I watched the Platypet layout as a fake starter leak for an upcoming Pokémon match I immediately fell in love with the layout," PokéNinja told Polygon. "It was potentially my beloved starter design ever, then it had been shown to be a fake and that I was bummed in the opportunity to have it." PokéNinja chose to make it real by purchasing the Kickstarter tier that was specific.

"He got [Crema] negotiating with me to the buy Temtem Pansun rights on the Platypus' designs, that were both the initial stage and the evolutions," Spagna told Polygon. While it was an expensive purchase, PokéNinja appears to be happy with it.