Read the following passage and answer if the question is true or false.
Passage: As with the film, this claim is untrue. Showrunner Noah Hawley continued to use the Coens' device, saying it allowed him to ``tell a story in a new way.'' Hawley has played with the realism of the story further; responding to queries about Charlie Gerhardt, a character from season 2, he stated ``If he's out there, I'd like to get a letter from him someday, telling me how he turned out.''

Question: is fargo the series based on a true story?

Is the answer True or False? Respond with only "True" or "False" and no additional text.
False.