French ex-President Nicolas Sarkozy is to stand trial in an illegal campaign finance case. Mr Sarkozy faces accusations that his party falsified accounts in order to hide 20 million dollars of campaign spending in 2012. <br/><br/>Mr Sarkozy has repeatedly denied that he was aware of the overspending. He lost the 2012 race to Francois Hollande, and failed in his bid to run again in this year's upcoming presidential election. The case is known as the Bygmalion scandal. <br/><br/>This trial is expected to focus on whether Mr Sarkozy himself was aware of the alleged fraud. Thirteen other people are also expected to stand trial.<br/><br/>Mr Sarkozy is the second French President to be put on trial since 1958, when the current French republic was established.