AI-Generated Image Passed Off as Recent Visuals of Pakistan’s Rawalpindi Stadium

We found that the image has been generated using AI and does not show a real visual.

Fact-Check | The image has been generated using AI and does not show a real visual.

(Photo: Altered by The Quint)

An image of a damaged stadium is being circulated on the internet with a claim that it shows the recent condition of Pakistan's Rawalpindi Stadium following Operation Sindoor.

Who shared it?: An X (formerly Twitter) user called '@MithilaWaala', who has been previously called out for spreading disinformation on multiple occasions, shared the image with a caption saying "Rawalpindi stadium. #OperationSindoor."

An archive of the post can be found here.

(Source: X/Screenshot)

The above post had garnered over nine million views on the platform. You can view archives of similar claims here, here, and here.

What is the truth?: The image has been generated using Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools and does not show a real visual.

How did we find that out?: We conducted a simple keyword search and found multiple news reports that talked about Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium being hit by a drone hours before a match of the Pakistan Super League.

• You can read some of the reports here and here.

What about the viral image?: At first, we noticed that the structure of the stadium looked a bit different from the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium.

• To further verify this, we compared the viral image to a stock visual of the Pakistani stadium.

• The comparison below clearly shows that the differences between the Rawalpindi stadium and the viral image.

A comparison clearly highlights the differences.

(Source: Shutterstock/Screenshot/Altered by The Quint)

What did detection tools show?: Team WebQoof passed through two detection tools namely — 'Sight Engine' and 'Hive Moderation'.

• While the first tool showed 99 percent chance, the second one depicted over 88 percent probability of the image being AI-generated.

• (Swipe right to view all results.)

The tool showed over 99 percent probability of the image being an AI-generated one.

The tool showed over 99 percent probability of the image being an AI-generated one.

Conclusion: It is evident that the image is AI-generated and does not show a real visual.

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