Its return resurrected one of the most vexing unsolved mysteries in New Zealand television history: Was the infamous mouse scene faked? The mouse scene was a sham affair, staged for the silver screen. The source claimed the Ridge mouse was housed in a box, and only taken out when it was needed for a scene. It hung around, like an old scandal, like the Ridge mouse mystery; doomed to die, but somehow clinging to life until the bitter end. "A wild mouse would stick to the corner of the room, and zoom along the edge of from hiding place to hiding place," she said.

Source: New Zealand Herald June 22, 2016 01:31 UTC