Faizaan Peerzada, COO of Rafi Peer Theater Workshop in Lehore, the local puppet group that developed the show with Sesame Workshop, denied the corruption allegations.
The bots, of course, are the puppet co-stars of the cult classic TV series Mystery Science Theater 3000, which typically featured them silhouetted in front of a movie screen with their human pal Joel (played by Joel Hodgson).