A Republican candidate for the Florida House lied about having a college degree and posed with a fake diploma after a news outlet questioned her credentials.

Melissa Howard, who is running in Florida’s 73rd House District near Sarasota, had claimed she graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Miami University in Ohio.

However, FLA News Online, a political news website, citing the National Student Clearinghouse, reported Howard did not graduate from the Ohio college. Howard said the story was false and posted a picture of her and her mother on Facebook with a framed diploma.

The news site apologized to Howard and briefly retracted the story. However, a closer look at the diploma found several inconsistencies.