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Posted: 2019-01-22T13:17:27Z | Updated: 2019-01-22T13:17:27Z

British authorities have arrested a suspected thief whose Wanted image went viral last year due to his purported likeness to Ross Geller, the character played by David Schwimmer in the hit sitcom Friends.

But many people now think the man, who police identified this week as 36-year-old Abdulah Husseini, doesnt really look like his alleged television doppelganger at all:

A 'lookalike' of Friends star David Schwimmer has been arrested after failing to appear in court before Christmashttps://t.co/PIw1QjJkiE

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A 'lookalike' of Friends star David Schwimmer has been arrested after failing to appear in court before Christmashttps://t.co/PIw1QjJkiE

Global's Newsroom (@GlobalsNewsroom) January 21, 2019

Police in Blackpool first released the grainy CCTV image of the suspect in October. It showed him appearing to take a crate of beer from a restaurant: