public function addFakes($columns = ['extras']) {
        foreach ($columns as $key => $column) {

            $column_contents = $this->{$column};

            if (!is_object($this->{$column}))
            {
                $column_contents = json_decode($this->{$column});
            }

            if (count($column_contents))
            {
                foreach ($column_contents as $fake_field_name => $fake_field_value) {
                    $this->setAttribute($fake_field_name, $fake_field_value);
                }
            }
        }
    }