Simplify the following text for a Grade 11 native English-speaking person.
Original: Others have perpetrated similar hoaxes , which are usually papier-m Ã cents chÃ fabrications or parts of deceased creatures , usually monkeys and fish , stitched together for the appearance of a grotesque mermaid .
Simplified: Others have made similar hoaxes , which are usually made by paper-m Ã cents chÃ or parts of dead creatures , usually monkeys and fish , stitched together too look like a mermaid .