Arthur Conan Doyale was duped by a couple of young girls with a camera and paper cutouts of faeries. Has there ever been a time when it wasn't trivial to trick

Arthur Conan Doyale was duped by a couple of young girls with a camera and paper cutouts of faeries. Has there ever been a time when it wasn't trivial to trick at least some people with low effort fakes? People who want to believe what you're showing them will believe even the lamest fabrication, while people who don't want to believe will doubt even authentic photographs with reputable provenance.