Folk figure, Saparman Sodimejo, known more commonly as Mbah Gotho (died 30 April 2017) was an Indonesian man who unverifiably claimed to be the oldest person ever recorded.
In May 2010, Solopos reported that census enumerators recorded Gotho's age as 142, which would have made him 20 years older than the verified oldest recorded person, Jeanne Calment. Liputan 6 reported that his estimated age was 140, and that he could not remember his date of birth but claimed to remember the construction of a sugar factory in Sragen in 1880.
In August 2016, after a television report on Liputan 6, Gotho's claim received international media attention. His ID card, issued in 2014, displays his claimed birth date of 31 December 1870. Although Indonesian officials at the record office confirm the birth date, there is no independent, third-party verification of his claimed age, which is required for recognition by record authorities such as Guinness World Records. Robert Young of the Gerontology Research Group said the claimed age was "fiction", "unbelievable" and "in the same category as mythical creatures such as Bigfoot, the Yeti, and the Loch Ness Monster." The Liputan 6 story noted other similar age claims in the area.
A heavy smoker throughout his life, Mbah Gotho outlived ten siblings, four wives and all five of his children. On 28 April 2017 he was admitted to RSUD Hospital in Sragen, where he died on 30 April. After his death, the magazine Tempo reported that he was Christian.
In May 2010, Solopos reported that census enumerators recorded Gotho's age as 142, which would have made him 20 years older than the verified oldest recorded person, Jeanne Calment. Liputan 6 reported that his estimated age was 140, and that he could not remember his date of birth but claimed to remember the construction of a sugar factory in Sragen in 1880.
In August 2016, after a television report on Liputan 6, Gotho's claim received international media attention. His ID card, issued in 2014, displays his claimed birth date of 31 December 1870. Although Indonesian officials at the record office confirm the birth date, there is no independent, third-party verification of his claimed age, which is required for recognition by record authorities such as Guinness World Records. Robert Young of the Gerontology Research Group said the claimed age was "fiction", "unbelievable" and "in the same category as mythical creatures such as Bigfoot, the Yeti, and the Loch Ness Monster." The Liputan 6 story noted other similar age claims in the area.
A heavy smoker throughout his life, Mbah Gotho outlived ten siblings, four wives and all five of his children. On 28 April 2017 he was admitted to RSUD Hospital in Sragen, where he died on 30 April. After his death, the magazine Tempo reported that he was Christian.
Folk figure, Saparman Sodimejo, known more commonly as Mbah Gotho (died 30 April 2017) was an Indonesian man who unverifiably claimed to be the oldest person ever recorded.
In May 2010, Solopos reported that census enumerators recorded Gotho's age as 142, which would have made him 20 years older than the verified oldest recorded person, Jeanne Calment. Liputan 6 reported that his estimated age was 140, and that he could not remember his date of birth but claimed to remember the construction of a sugar factory in Sragen in 1880.
In August 2016, after a television report on Liputan 6, Gotho's claim received international media attention. His ID card, issued in 2014, displays his claimed birth date of 31 December 1870. Although Indonesian officials at the record office confirm the birth date, there is no independent, third-party verification of his claimed age, which is required for recognition by record authorities such as Guinness World Records. Robert Young of the Gerontology Research Group said the claimed age was "fiction", "unbelievable" and "in the same category as mythical creatures such as Bigfoot, the Yeti, and the Loch Ness Monster." The Liputan 6 story noted other similar age claims in the area.
A heavy smoker throughout his life, Mbah Gotho outlived ten siblings, four wives and all five of his children. On 28 April 2017 he was admitted to RSUD Hospital in Sragen, where he died on 30 April. After his death, the magazine Tempo reported that he was Christian.
In May 2010, Solopos reported that census enumerators recorded Gotho's age as 142, which would have made him 20 years older than the verified oldest recorded person, Jeanne Calment. Liputan 6 reported that his estimated age was 140, and that he could not remember his date of birth but claimed to remember the construction of a sugar factory in Sragen in 1880.
In August 2016, after a television report on Liputan 6, Gotho's claim received international media attention. His ID card, issued in 2014, displays his claimed birth date of 31 December 1870. Although Indonesian officials at the record office confirm the birth date, there is no independent, third-party verification of his claimed age, which is required for recognition by record authorities such as Guinness World Records. Robert Young of the Gerontology Research Group said the claimed age was "fiction", "unbelievable" and "in the same category as mythical creatures such as Bigfoot, the Yeti, and the Loch Ness Monster." The Liputan 6 story noted other similar age claims in the area.
A heavy smoker throughout his life, Mbah Gotho outlived ten siblings, four wives and all five of his children. On 28 April 2017 he was admitted to RSUD Hospital in Sragen, where he died on 30 April. After his death, the magazine Tempo reported that he was Christian.
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