RT-It was the story that melted the hearts of millions on Christmas eve – when a homeless man called Thomas suddenly received 100 dollars from a stranger. After pocketing the money, the man headed to a liquor store, but instead of spending it on alcohol, he bought food to his beggar friends and poor people. But skeptics have picked holes in the clip they say is too perfect, and an eyewitness claims there’s no way Thomas could have been secretly filmed, because he and the author arrived at the shop in the same car. RT talked to both – the hero in need and the serial prankster – they denied the storm of accusations