The King passed a sentence of death on the thief. He gave the thief a chance to choose the manner of his death. He told the thief he could make one final statement which would determine how he would die. If the statement he made was false, he would be boiled in water. If the statement were true, he would be fried in oil. The thief found neither of this options too his liking, so he made a statement that got him out of this seemingly impossible situation. What is the one statement he could have made to free himself?