Fact-Check: Viral Video of Abhinav Arora Getting Hit by Bull Is Altered

Fact-check: This video has been digitally altered to show that Arora is being hit by a bull.

(Photo: The Quint)

A video showing content creator Abhinav Arora getting attacked by a bull is going viral on social media to claim that this is a real incident.

Arora, who is 10 years old, is known for making videos presenting religious messages.

An archived version of the claim can be seen here.

(Similar archives can be seen here and here.)

What's the truth?: This video has been digitally altered to show that Arora is being hit by a bull.

How did we find out the truth?: We performed a reverse image search on some of the keyframes of the viral video, and this led us to the original video shared by Arora on his official YouTube channel.

This video was shared on 9 November and does not show a bull attacking him.

He also shared the same video on his official Instagram account.

AI-detection tools: TrueMedia concluded that this video is manipulated.

this video is manipulated.

(Source: TM/Screenshot)

The results showed 90 percent confidence in face manipulation when we ran the video without the audio, while the video with the manipulated audio showed less confidence in the manipulation detector.

this video is manipulated.

(Source: TM/Screenshot)

We also ran the video on another AI-detection tool called Contrails AI, and while the tool, in its current state, didn't state that the video was completely manipulated, it provided specific keyframes of the video, which clearly indicate an alteration in the clip.

This video is altered.

(Photo: Contrails/Altered by The Quint)

Conclusion: A digitally-altered video showing a bull attacking Abhinav Arora is going as real.

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