The young man at the center of The Boy Who Came Back from Heaven, Alex Malarkey, said this week that the story behind the 2010 book was all made up.

The Boy Who Came Back form Heaven — a 2010 New York Times Bestseller — tells the story of the 2004 car accident that left Malarkey, then six years old, paralyzed and in a coma.

Here’s the sad, frustrating story behind ’The Boy Who Came Back From Heaven,’ the regret behind its publication.

"Heaven is for Real," the movie based on a true story about a four-year-old who claims to have been to heaven, was a hit at the box office, making an estimated $21.5 million over the weekend.

“The Boy Who Came Back From Heaven” was published in 2010 and told of a 2004 auto accident that left Malarkey in a coma. According to the book, co-written by Alex’s father, Kevin Malarkey ...

"The Boy Who Came Back From Heaven" was first published in 2010 and told of a 2004 auto accident which left Malarkey in a coma. According to the book, co-written by Alex's father, ...

In a surprising admission this week, Alex Malarkey, who with his father Kevin co-wrote the 2010 New York Times bestseller "The Boy Who Came Back from Heaven," declared that he has not, in fact ...

Fourteen-year-old Colton Burpo and his parents say the boy visited heaven after suffering a burst appendix 10 years ago, an account which became a book and now has been adapted into a film. Colton ...

"Heaven is for Real," the story of a 4-year-old little boy who went to heaven and back, has become a best-seller and has sold more than 5.6 million copies. In March, NBC's Matt Lauer interviewed ...

Alex Malarkey, subject of the book "The Boy Who Came Back From Heaven," admitted in an open letter his story was fake. 24/7 Live New York City New Jersey Long Island Northern Suburbs Connecticut.

A boy who claimed in a best-selling book that he died and visited heaven after a car crash that left him paralyzed is now saying he made it all up. Nearly five years after "The Boy Who Came Back ...