Hefner, speaking to E! News about the iconic Monroe images earlier this year, confirmed that his “very first Playmate” had not originally shot her photos for Playboy.

“The picture was something that had been shot before,” he said. “It was a calendar photo shot by Tom Kelley. Most people had heard about it but almost nobody had seen it and nobody had seen it because the post office had taken the position that you couldn't send nudity through the mail. And I’m the kid that didn't think the post office had that right."

He continued: “So we published that picture and it caused a sensation.”

Yes, Monroe posed naked for a photographer – but she purportedly did so in the belief that her images would remain anonymous and they would be used for a single purpose.

Instead, she had her nude photos ‘leaked’ by Hefner.

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