Actor Ben Affleck has revealed that the enormous Phoenix tattoo on his back is a fake.

The 42-year-old, who showed off the tattoo while filming “Live By Night” in December last year, revealed on a TV show that the specific body art was a fake, reports mirror.co.uk.

“It's a fake for a movie. I actually do have a number of tattoos... but I try to have them in places where you don't have to do a lot of cover up... they get sort of addictive tattoos, after a while,” he said.

Even Affleck's ex-wife and actress Jennifer Garner, who he split from in June last year after 10 years of marriage, was taken in by the fake tattoo.