Fans Warned About Fake Heath Ledger Memorabilia

Los Angeles, CA (CNS) - Fans of Heath Ledger are being warned against buying any memorabilia claiming to be from the new Batman movie "The Dark Knight" because the goods are fake.

Bogus traders in Los Angeles have been selling fake 'signed' photographs and posters from the movie to tourists and unsuspecting movie fans.

A representative for Warner Bros. Pictures says, "Fans are being duped. There are no Dark Knight posters of memorabilia connected to the movie on sale yet. We are investigating how they have been pirated."

A source close to the Ledger family says they, "are appalled by the scheme" and furious that Heath's memory is being abused in such a way and that "pirates are cashing in on his death."

Ledger passed away on January 22 of a fatal overdose of prescription drugs in his New York City apartment.