Can a Muslim be considered a fake?

Here is an example of how some people wearing Buddhist monk's robes were labelled as fakes.

According to a Buddhist Channel TV, Bogus monks and nuns from Thailand have been collecting alms from Singaporeans and evading police by making speedy getaways as reported by The Sunday Times of Singapore.

Numbering as many as 100, they take refuge in a four-storey hotel in the red-light district of Geyland.

They are Thais on social visit passes who use the guise of religious robes to prey on the sensibilities of HDB heartlanders. The scam has been going on for at least two years.

They work in two shifts during the day when they don the monk's robes and go begging. After they return to their hideout, they change over to t-shirt and jeans. Some were even seen strolling with their girl friends in the evening.

When a Singapore reporter confronted and asked why they were doing it, a smiling monk (fake) replied that they were poor people and needed to make a living.

The whole group made a quick exit from Singapore when the journalists started trailing them, before police came looking around for them.

The fake monks operate from syndicates which are based in Johor in Malaysia and Hatyai in southern Thailand, said a spokesman for the Thai Buddhist Temple in Singapore.

According to the article, a fake monk can make as much as 800 Singapore dollars (526 US dollars) a day, but usually the amount is far less. This figure is hard to believe but who knows the generosity of the faithful believers seeking nirvana by helping the monks.

Now we know what a person has to indulge to become a fake monk.

I am just wondering under what conditions could we say that someone is a fake Muslim? Or could we even say so!