Altered Photos of Salman Khan and Monalisa Bhosale Go Viral as Real

The original photos show Khan with his mother, Salma Khan.

Fact-check: Edited photos are going viral to claim that Salman Khan met Mosalisa Bhosale, the girl who went viral from Prayagraj's Kumbh mela.

(Photo: The Quint)

A pair of pictures have gone viral online showing Bollywood actor Salman Khan with Monalisa Bhosle, a 16-year-old girl from Madhya Pradesh's Khargone district.

• Bhosale went viral on social media after going to Prayagraj's Maha Kumbh mela to sell rudraksha garlands.

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(Source: Facebook/Screenshot)

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What's the truth?: These images are altered.

• The original photos shows Khan with his mother, Salma Khan (formerly known as Sushila Charak.)

How did we find out the truth?: We noticed errors in the image, for example, Khan's face was deformed in the bigger image.

• We then checked Khan's official Instagram account and found the original images shared on 14 May 2023 on the occasion of Mothers' day.

• The original images showed Khan posing with his mother, Salma Khan.

Here's a comparison between the real and the fake images.

(Source: Altered by The Quint)

(Source: Altered by The Quint)

We also ran the image on AI-detection tools, Hive Moderation and SightEngine, which detected face manipulation to be over 99 percent.

(Source: SightEngine/Screenshot)

(Source: Hive Moderation/Screenshot)

Moreover, we did not find any reports about the two meeting in person.

Conclusion: Edited photos are going viral to claim that Salman Khan met Mosalisa Bhosale, the girl who went viral from Prayagraj's Kumbh mela.

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