Too Good to be True: Desk Carved With “JFK” isn’t Kennedy’s

An old wooden desk carved with the initials "JFK" from the private school in Connecticut where John F. Kennedy studied as a boy turned out to be too good to be true.

The desk was the centerpiece of a new exhibition in November at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Boston devoted to the 35th president's early years.

It was displayed in 1979 as Kennedy's desk from Choate Rosemary Hall until 1993 when school officials wrote a letter saying it wasn't Kennedy's and jokingly added it should've been burned.

Choate archivist Judy Donald said Monday she emailed the museum when it was displayed again.

Museum officials say the desk's history was news to them. They didn't have the 1993 correspondence.

The museum has since updated the desk's description.