Claim
A viral post shows an image featuring three Bollywood stars. Salman Khan, Shah Rukh Khan, and Amir Khan are together. The Kaaba is seen in the background of this photo. The trio is donning Ihram clothing. Ihram clothing is worn by men who visit the Kaaba. It is worn during the Hajj and Umrah pilgrimages.
Fact Check
The viral photo depicts The Kaaba in the background. The three actors visit the Kaaba at Mecca in Saudi Arabia. This image has discrepancies. We can see minute distinctions in the facial features. There is also a difference in height from real life.
Furthermore, the Kaaba is featured in the background of the image. It is situated in Medina, Saudi Arabia. Interestingly, the post caption says “3 sher King Khan, The Ancient 4,500-Year-Old Tunic at the Egyptian Museum”.
Egyptian Museum (exterior, interior)
To check how does the Egyptian Museum looks, DFRAC a word search which led to images of the Museum. This Museum is called the Museum of Egyptian Antiquities but colloquially known as the Egyptian Museum. The Museum houses the largest collection of Egyptian antiquities in the world.
We saw that the Egyptian Museum doesn’t look either from inside or outside as claimed by the claimant in his caption of the image shared of the actors.
Additionally, we used an AI image detection tool, Wasit AI. This tool revealed that the image was created using AI. Wasit AI was quite confident that this image, or a significant part of it, was created by an AI.
Lastly, we analyzed the posts made by the actors, Salman Khan and Shah Rukh Khan on the social media platform, X (formerly, Twitter). These two actors haven’t made any posts that inform that they’ve visited the Kaaba at Medina in Saudi Arabia. Whereas, the actor Aamir Khan does not have a social media profile.
Conclusion
Hence, the fact check by DFRAC makes it clear that the image is Fake.
The close inspection of distinction in the facial features of the actors to the difference in the height of the actors, with one another, led to the conclusion that the image is not real.
Overall, the inconsistencies in the elements presented in the image, that is, the Kaaba in the background and the actors in the foreground, with the caption saying the image is from the Egyptian Museum. The Museum doesn’t feature anything that is shown in the claimant’s photo.
Lastly, the image is fake and is AI-generated.
