An Italian man tries to obtain a vaccination certificate by using a silicone arm ruse.

In an attempt to obtain a vaccination certificate for Covid-19 without receiving the shot, a 50-year-old man tried to pass off a silicone arm as his own at a clinic in northern Italy.

On Thursday in Biella, Piedmont, a nurse named Filippa Bua saw the fraud as she prepared to give the shot. CNN reported that Bua saw anything strange about the arm.

“The color of the skin was anomalous, much lighter compared to the hands or the face of the patient,” she said.

Examining the area, she discovered the arm was artificial, composed of silicone.

“I first felt sorry for the man, thinking that he had a prosthesis and wondering if I had somehow forced him to give me the wrong arm,” Bua said. “But then he admitted he was wearing the fake arm on purpose to avoid getting the vaccine!”

After learning the news, Bua, who claimed to have been a nurse since 1987 and had given thousands of vaccinations, experienced a gamut of emotions.