Is This Image of Man Insulting Indian National Flag Real? No, It’s AI-Generated

Two detection tools showed substantial evidence of the viral image being generated using AI.

Fact-Check | The image is actually AI-generated and not a real visual.

(Photo: Altered by The Quint)

An image of a man holding the Bangladeshi flag in his hand, while he could be seen standing on the Indian national flag, is going viral on social media platforms as a real visual.

What do viral posts say?: An X (formerly Twitter) handle shared the image with a caption that said, "Who provides shelter to BanglaDeshi in Delhi? ... same CM took money from Khalistani terrorists.."

An archive of the post can be found here.

(Source: X/Screenshot)

At the time of writing this report, the post had generated over 60 thousand views on the platform. (Archives of similar claims can be found here, here, and here.)

What's the truth?: The viral image has been generated using the help of Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools. We found several anomalies in the photo, commonly spotted in AI-generated images.

Anomalies in the viral image: We closely looked at the viral image and found several discrepancies in it.

• The folding line in the middle of the Bangladeshi flag does not appear consistent with the rest of the lines seen in the image.

• Further, the man's toes seem to be merging with each other and are half-visible.

• These errors are usually spotted in AI-generated images, which indicated the possibility of the photo being inauthentic.

The viral image had several inconsistencies.

(Source: Viral image/Screenshot/Altered by The Quint)

What did detection tools show?: On passing the viral image through two AI detection tools namely — 'Hive Moderation' and 'TrueMedia', both of them showed substantial possibility of the image being generated using the help of AI.

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The tool showed over 98 percent probability of the image being AI-generated.

The tool showed substantial evidence of the image being AI-generated.

Conclusion: It is clear that the image has been generated using AI.

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