A local legend that they are the descendants of monkeys used to enhance the scenery for the Tarzan movies that were shot in the area in the 1930s is not true, since no Tarzan movie filmed in the area featured rhesus macaques.
The notion that locals are descended from monkeys used as scenery for Tarzan films shot in the region during the 1930s is false, because none of the Tarzan movies filmed there utilized rhesus macaques.