It's true. The history described in Gaomi County Records of Weifang, Shandong Province is as follows: "In the 20th century of the Republic of China, the Japanese army captured 400,000 civilian workers in Gaomi, Pingdu and Jiaoxian, built Jiaoping Highway, destroyed countless roads, and looted horses and mules in villages on both sides of the highway. Liu Luohan, a farmer, sneaked in at night, shoveled away countless hoofs and legs of mules and was caught. The next day, the Japanese army flayed Liu Luohan on the horse-tied post for public display. Liu has no fear and will not give up until he dies. "