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'Ancient Inca ruins' which attracted millions of tourists each year have turned out to be only 12 years old.

Villagers at the Peruvian village of Chucuito built the 'ruins' themselves to attract tourists, reports Las Ultimas Noticias.

The ruins, said to be an ancient site where Inca women would go to cure infertility, attracted millions of tourists.

But experts have discovered they were built by villagers to convince authorities to invest money to attract tourists to the region.

Rolando Paredes, director of the National Culture Institue of Puno, said: "People have literally created a myth."