A German mathematician who died over 450-years-ago has been sent a demand to pay his TV license.
Algebra expert Adam Ries died in 1559 but that hasn't stopped GEZ - the German TV licence-collecting agency - from sending him the bill.
The demands for 17 Euros per month were received by a museum set up in his honor and based at his former home, which he bought back in 1525.
A spokesperson for the Adam Ries museum said they initially thought it was a joke but had to explain to GEZ that Ries had died centuries ago.
It is not known if GEZ wanted Ries to pay 500 years worth of TV license ... or if they were only going charge him since the invention of the television.
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