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A young Australian who went viral over claims he had been mugged in Bali has made a grovelling taped admission to local police that his injuries were in fact from falling off a motorbike on a night out.

Perth man Lachie Hunt spent six days in Kuta's BIMC Hospital with a broken leg, bleeding on the brain and a suspected fractured spine earlier this month. 

A friend set up a GoFundMe page, suggesting that Mr Hunt had been brutally attacked in the holiday hotspot - with more than $24,000 donated to go towards his medical bills.

However, Daily Mail Australia can reveal that when Bali police investigated Mr Hunt's claims and spoke to witnesses on the night of the alleged mugging, they found he had instead suffered a motorbike accident.  

Police have since released a video where Mr Hunt reads from a piece of paper, seated alongside his stony-faced mother, Mel, with bandages around his ankle, knee and a brace around his neck. 

'I had an incident in Bali due to falling from a motorcycle,' he admits in the hostage-style video. 

'I had lost my memory for two days due to concussion, I was in hospital for six days due to the injuries I suffered from.'

Mr Hunt said he was offered to speak to Australian media outlets but 'because Bali is my second home, I did not want to put a bad name on Bali'.

'The Australian media articles that went viral were all incorrect and twisted,' he continued.

'This happened due to me not making any statements to the Australian media.

'The reason the GoFundMe was made, was for friends and family to help pay the hospital bill.

'In no way did I have any intention for this to go viral and be taken over by the Australian media.' 

Mr Hunt, understood to be

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