Qigong practitioner Zhang Baosheng also known as "Superman Zhang" is pictured with a bottle of pills that contains a mobile phone sim card that he claims to have put inside without opening the bottle during an interview with the SCMP in Beijing, China. Zh [Getty Images]

Qigong practitioner Zhang Baosheng also known as "Superman Zhang" is pictured with a bottle of pills that contains a mobile phone sim card that he claims to have put inside without opening the bottle during an interview with the SCMP in Beijing, China. Zhang who refused to do the trick in front of the camera, claims to have extraordinary powers although these are being disproved by leading Chinese scientists. (PIX FOR STORY BY JASPER BECKER) ralstonchina (Photo by Mark Ralston/South China Morning Post via Getty Images) — see more

Qigong practitioner Zhang Baosheng also known as "Superman Zhang" is pictured with a bottle of pills that contains a mobile phone sim card that he claims to have put inside without opening the bottle during an interview with the SCMP in Beijing, China. Zhang who refused to do the trick in front of the camera, claims to have extraordinary powers although these are being disproved by leading Chinese scientists. (PIX FOR STORY BY JASPER BECKER) ralstonchina (Photo by Mark Ralston/South China Morning Post via Getty Images)

Qigong practitioner Zhang Baosheng , also known as "Superman Zhang" , is pictured allegedly removing pills from the bottle without opening its cap during an interview with the SCMP in Beijing, China. Zhang , who refused to do the trick in front of the camera, claims to have extraordinary powers although these are being disproved by leading Chinese scientists. (PIX FOR STORY BY JASPER BECKER) ralstonchina (Photo by Mark Ralston/South China Morning Post via Getty Images) — see more

Qigong practitioner Zhang Baosheng , also known as "Superman Zhang" , is pictured allegedly removing pills from the bottle without opening its cap during an interview with the SCMP in Beijing, China. Zhang , who refused to do the trick in front of the camera, claims to have extraordinary powers although these are being disproved by leading Chinese scientists. (PIX FOR STORY BY JASPER BECKER) ralstonchina (Photo by Mark Ralston/South China Morning Post via Getty Images)

Qigong practitioner Zhang Baosheng (R) , also known as "Superman Zhang" , is pictured with a follower (L) while holding a handful of pills that Zhang claims to have been removed from the bottle without opening the cap during an interview with the SCMP in Beijing, China. Zhang claims to have extraordinary powers although these are being disproved by leading Chinese scientists. (PIX FOR STORY BY JASPER BECKER) ralstonchina (Photo by Mark Ralston/South China Morning Post via Getty Images) — see more

Qigong practitioner Zhang Baosheng (R) , also known as "Superman Zhang" , is pictured with a follower (L) while holding a handful of pills that Zhang claims to have been removed from the bottle without opening the cap during an interview with the SCMP in Beijing, China. Zhang claims to have extraordinary powers although these are being disproved by leading Chinese scientists. (PIX FOR STORY BY JASPER BECKER) ralstonchina (Photo by Mark Ralston/South China Morning Post via Getty Images)