Crouching Boy Painting by Michelangelo

It is presumed that by 1805, she had already issued 10,000 such permits. The government became active when her opponents pressurized it to take action against this exploitation of gullible people. The government instituted investigations against Joanna. It so transpired that every enquiry officer became her devotee after meeting her. It was only when Mary batman, who was sentenced to death on murder charges in 1809, said that she had a permit for heaven given by Joanna, that an uproar started. But, as most of her devotees were her blind followers and had implicit faith in her, she came to no harm.