His identity finally became widely known in November 2007, after he won the first Man Asian Literary Prize; a photograph he had submitted to the jury, along with his real name, were published by newspapers all over the world.
直到2007年11月，他的真實身份在其獲得曼氏亞洲文學獎（Man Asian Literary Prize）才為人所知，他遞交給裁判團的相片及其真實名字亦被公開並刊登在世界各地的報紙上。