There was some serious star power in town at this year’s Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (KVIFF), with Dakota Johnson, Michael Douglas and Peter Sarsgaard making the journey to the Czech Republic for what is always a lively event.

An investigation by U.K. outlet The Observer has called into question the events of the bestselling non-fiction book that was adapted for the screen starring Gillian Anderson and Jason Isaacs.

According to a report in the Mail Online, millionaire banker and cider maker Bill Cole became a fan of Raynor Winn and Moth after reading The Salt Path. After being moved by the back, he got in touch with them without having ever met the pair and invited them to live at his historic farmhouse down in Cornwall.

Authenticity is the enemy of art – and yet our hunger for it has been allowed to cloud almost every corner of creativity. You see it in the proliferation of TV dramas “based on a true story”; in the expectation for actors to have “lived experience” of the roles in which they are cast;

While writer Raynor Winn has denied bombshell newspaper claims that she fabricated key elements of her blockbuster memoir, we must acknowledge that Britain wanted to buy into the middle-class fantasy of her triumph against adversity,

Raynor Winn has been accused of stealing money and lying after her book became a movie starring Gillian Anderson and Jason Isaacs.

Raynor Winn, author of the award-winning memoir The Salt Path, which was recently adapted into a film, has been accused of “lies, deceit and desperation”. Writing in The Observer, reporter Chloe Hadjimatheou claims that Winn left out significant facts and invented parts of the story.

As Raynor Winn’s beloved tale of resilience faces claims of fabrication, Rowan Pelling reflects on the seductive power of storytelling – and how it feels when the truth bends too close to home

The Salt Path' producers including Number 9 Films have responded to The Observer investigation into Raynor and Moth Winn.