Nakoula says he wrote the script of the anti-Islam movie, Innocence of Muslims, in jail-India News and Travel Times Provides India-centric and other News and Features

The man behind the anti-Islam movie has reportedly told US authorities that he wrote the script while in federal prison. He began production two months after his June 2011 release from custody. Fifty-five-year-old Nakoula Basseley Nakoula admitted his role in the controversial film "Innocence of Muslims", which led to outrage and violence in the Arab world. According to US authorities, convicted drug manufacturer and scam artist Nakoula accepted that he made the movie after seeking help from law enforcement officials in dealing with death threats he has received since the release of the film. Nakoula was convicted of intent to manufacture methamphetamine in the 1990s, and also served time in federal prison on bank fraud charges, where he told authorities he wrote the script, ABC News reports. According to the report, Nakoula told authorities that he and his son, Abanob Basseley, 21, were responsible for producing the movie which, he reportedly said, cost between 50,000 and 60,000 dollars and was shot in a little over 12 days. Authorities said that he claimed the money for the movie came from his wife's family in Egypt . Using the false name Sam Basile, Nakoula had told reporters earlier this week that he was an 'Israeli Jew,' that the film had cost about 5,000,000 dollars, and that the money had come from wealthy Jewish friends.

Anti-Islam movie script was written in prison: US