NFL Player Roman Harper Tweets Photo of Panthers-Themed Lamborghini, Fails to Mention It's Not Real

Roman Harper doesn't actually own a Panthers-themed Lamborghini.

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Early Tuesday, Panthers safety Roman Harper sent out this tweet:

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And like most people who saw the car, we thought, "Wow! That's something!" We've seen a lot of pro athletes whipping Lamborghinis around. But we've never seen one quite like this before.

There's just one problem with it, though: Even though Harper seemed to allude to the fact that the car was his in his tweet, it's not. In fact, it's not even a real car. Instead, it's something that someone designed on Forza Motorsport 5 and uploaded to YouTube:

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View this video on YouTube

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It looks like Harper found the photo here and swiped it:

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Sooo…nice car, Roman! It's just too bad you don't actually own it. :-/

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[via Eye on Football]

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