Crowe, the co-owner of South Sydney Rabbitohs and a Twitter fan, said he captured what appears to be several flying objects whizzing over Sydney's Royal Botanic Gardens earlier this week.

Hours after griping on Twitter that his new flick was being under-promoted, Russell Crowe seemed to create his own publicity stunt.

Posting a video on YouTube see video below) of what appeared to be flying objects whizzing over the gardens, Crowe wrote: "A friend and I set camera to capture fruit bats rising from Botanic Gardens. This was a big surprise.

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