Edited sentence: Dismissed as an infomercial by skeptics, it has also been criticised by believers.He also claims that João makes money from selling herbal remedies, 'merchandise' and donations.He argues that no scientific evidence exists to back up claims of healing and that João performs sleight of hand and carnival tricks to convince people that they have been healed.James Randi writes that João is a fraud of the worst kind, making money from other people's suffering.James Randi, in particular, criticises ABC for not approaching the situation in a more scientific way