The Platypus is a better example
As you suggest - the first specimens were disbelieved, but because they came from good scientists with good supporting evidence, they carried the day.
You do NOT prove a novel scientific find by running a circus. These guys are PROVEN hoaxters, therefore EVERYTHING they do from now on is deeply steeped in the contagion of fraud. If they ever want to prove anything, they have to follow the "rules", or they will always be disbelieved.
Scepticism and an open mind is fine, but if your mind is TOO open, your intellect may fall out of the gap! 8-)