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This Sentence Is False

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Here's another puzzle for youse to try out :D

Complete these sentences with the correct digits, until they are all true:

The number of times the digit 0 appears in this puzzle is ...
The number of times the digit 1 appears in this puzzle is ...
The number of times the digit 2 appears in this puzzle is ...
The number of times the digit 3 appears in this puzzle is ...
The number of times the digit 4 appears in this puzzle is ...
The number of times the digit 5 appears in this puzzle is ...
The number of times the digit 6 appears in this puzzle is ...
The number of times the digit 7 appears in this puzzle is ...
The number of times the digit 8 appears in this puzzle is ...
The number of times the digit 9 appears in this puzzle is ...

There are two solutions possible with this puzzle. What are they?

I think people will have definitely heard of this before so please PM your answer :D (you only need to come up with 1 answer)
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Re: This Sentence Is False

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Time to reveal the answers :)

Well done to all who got the solution:

The number of times the digit 0 appears in this puzzle is ... 1
The number of times the digit 1 appears in this puzzle is ... 7
The number of times the digit 2 appears in this puzzle is ... 3
The number of times the digit 3 appears in this puzzle is ... 2
The number of times the digit 4 appears in this puzzle is ... 1
The number of times the digit 5 appears in this puzzle is ... 1
The number of times the digit 6 appears in this puzzle is ... 1
The number of times the digit 7 appears in this puzzle is ... 2
The number of times the digit 8 appears in this puzzle is ... 1
The number of times the digit 9 appears in this puzzle is ... 1

Well done to all who got the alternative solution (which I think was a little trickier):

The number of times the digit 0 appears in this puzzle is ... 1
The number of times the digit 1 appears in this puzzle is ... 11
The number of times the digit 2 appears in this puzzle is ... 2
The number of times the digit 3 appears in this puzzle is ... 1
The number of times the digit 4 appears in this puzzle is ... 1
The number of times the digit 5 appears in this puzzle is ... 1
The number of times the digit 6 appears in this puzzle is ... 1
The number of times the digit 7 appears in this puzzle is ... 1
The number of times the digit 8 appears in this puzzle is ... 1
The number of times the digit 9 appears in this puzzle is ... 1
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Re: This Sentence Is False

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This is quite a good one. Pity I was too lazy to attempt it.
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Gavin Chipper wrote:This is quite a good one. Pity I was too lazy to attempt it.
I think that was the best puzzle I posted, but I doubt I will be posting any more :) (well at least from PerplexCity).
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