Original sentence: According to a joint BBC/A&E production called "Myths of the Spanish Inquisition" (1994), torture chambers did not exist during the Spanish Inquisition, and the Spanish Inquisition used torture "very infrequently".Also, thumb-screws on display in an English museum as Spanish Inquisition torture devices, were only recently attributed to their true origin: William Cecil's persecution and torment of Catholics during Elizabeth I's reign.Bricking a defendant up to starve to death.Flailing a defendant on the wheel.For example, in Valencia, out of over 7,000 cases, less than 2% experienced any torture at all, usually for no more than fifteen minutes.For example, the "iron maiden" never existed in Spain, and was a post-Reformation invention of Germany.Less than 1% experienced torture more than once.Most of the torture methods once thought to have been employed by the Spanish Inquisition were never used.Other "Myths of the Spanish Inquisition" include:.Ravishing female defendants.Researchers found no cases experiencing torture more than twice.Roasting a defendant's feet.Smashing a defendant's joints with hammers