MONTREAL – The strange case of a jailbreak by helicopter just got stranger.

Authorities say one of the four people arrested this week gave them a fake name and, after having checked his fingerprints, they’re now working to confirm his real identity.

A man who identified himself as Yage Beaudoin is accused of being one of two people who hijacked a helicopter and helped a pair of inmates escape last weekend near Montreal.

Then authorities got another surprise. Quebec provincial police say the suspect told them during fingerprinting that the name he’d given them was fake, and he gave them a second one which they’re now checking.

The dramatic prison escape of Benjamin Hudon-Barbeau and Danny Provencal has already made headlines around the world.

Two accomplices, including the now-unidentified one, allegedly rented a helicopter, pointed a gun at the young pilot, and forced him to land on a tower at St-Jerome prison.

From there, they tossed a rope out the window, and the two inmates came climbing up from the yard and toward dreams of freedom.

However, that freedom was short-lived. All four men were arrested within hours and they now face nearly two-dozen criminal charges — including breaking out of prison, kidnapping, and pointing a gun at someone.

The helicopter pilot was unharmed.