Netflix viewers have one question about sickening true story behind decade-long catfishing case

A brand-new documentary hit Netflix last week and it didn't take long for it to sky-rocket to the 'No. 2 in Film Today' spot.

Brought to you by the same producers behind The Tinder Swindler, the film follows an extremely 'sickening' decade-long catfishing case and the subsequent human fall-out that followed once the sham was finally uncovered.

But, after watching the harrowing flick, it's clear that some Netflix viewers have the same exact question that simply won't leave their minds.

Kirat Assi is the subject of Netflix's latest documentary (Netflix)

What happens in the documentary?

Now, the doc in question follows British woman Kirat Assi, who believed she was in a romantic relationship with a man named Bobby, whom she met on Facebook.

The story goes way back to 2009 when the pair, who knew of each other through their shared Sikh community in London, developed a friendship that turned into a serious romantic relationship.

However, whenever Kirat tried to connect with Bobby in person (or even on phone and video calls), something would get in the way.

The catfish case went on for nearly a decade (Netflix)

"As the years went on, his emotional hold on her tightened," the official synopsis adds.

How did the relationship impact Kirat?

Without giving away any spoilers, Kirat candidly opened up about how the catfishing case totally 'ruined her life' as the perpetrator created a 'massive web' of profiles in order to control and coerce her.

The profiles interacted not only with Kirat but with her friends, cousins and other family members.

If you hadn't already guessed it, the film is none other than Sweet Bobby: My Catfish Nightmare, and you can watch the official trailer here:

See this as your spoiler alert if you've not yet watched Sweet Bobby, as major spoilers are below.

How did Kirat finally find out the truth?

Now, after her suspicions around Bobby grew, as his behaviour escalated, Kirat hired a private investigator, who traced him to Brighton.

Hoping to finally confront him, Kirat turned up on his doorstep - but when the real Bobby opened the door, he was terrified and confused about the whole situation.

And just the next day, the lies all came tumbling down, as no other than Kirat's cousin, named Simran in the doc, drove down to her house and confessed it had been them acting as Bobby the entire time.

The online relationship soon became abusive (Netflix)

What were Netflix viewers most shocked over?

After watching the doc, viewers rushed to social media to share their amazement at just how many profiles Kirat's cousin created - a whopping 60 in total.

One Reddit user hit out: "I don't believe that Simran created those profiles. It's not easy to do.

"First, you have to have many friends for EACH of the accounts, with photos from years ago, etc. Because who would believe that an account is legit if it only has 10 friends and 2 photos. Eh?

"This show is not real. There is no Simran."

Another echoed: "60 people same time, she did hell of a good job.

"My question is, wasn’t Simran had real time job? Because pretending someone having them on call 8+ hrs that’s a lot."

Sweet Bobby: My Catfish Nightmare is currently available to stream on Netflix.