A PLAQUE placed in Pentewan to commemorate the November 2010 floods was criticised for being riddled with factual and grammatical errors.
Put up by the Environment Agency (EA), the sign stated that the floods were in "November 2012" instead of 2010; it labelled the village as a "former fishing port", which is untrue; and stated wrongly that Pentewan handled China stone.
After being put up on Wednesday, September 12, afternoon, the plaque was swiftly taken down the next day.
"Someone must have said their signwriting was pants," said Pentewan Valley parish councillor Miles Avery.
"The EA was meant to finish a job in March and it's still not done, yet it puts up a plaque riddled with inaccuracies and spelling mistakes. It was poorly researched and whoever wrote it really didn't know what they were on about.
"It's hilarious when you think a government agency would be capable of that."
The EA has admitted its error.
Spokesman Paul Gainey said: "Clearly there were a number of mistakes, both historical and grammatical.
"We have taken it down and are going to get a corrected version put back. We will run the wording by a local historian first.
"Luckily this can be easily rectified."