No, the 40 BTC was edited after the fact. My post was also edited after the fact to reflect the high bid of 35 BTC by the previous bidder, not like the 40 BTC bid that was edited to be over the previous bid. I never had a bid "up to 36 BTC." The only bid I had was essentially "up to 66 BTC."
If we were to play that game, I could have edited my post to reflect 41 BTC
If only you had the sense to PGP sign, nobody could have modified your bid. Tsk tsk.