Fact Check: Scripted video shared as a guide on how to search gold and coin on river shore in Haridwar
Siddharth Urmil 
Claim
A viral video shows how to unearth gold, silver, and coins after the Ganges’ water subsides from the river shore in Haridwar.
Fact Check
To verify the video, DFRAC did a reverse image search of a keyframe from the video. This led us to a YouTube video. It was uploaded on 23 October 2024 on a YouTube channel, named The Social Junction. This video has garnered over 1 million on YouTube ever since. This is a 10-minute, 34-second long video.
We saw the ‘About’ section of this YouTube channel which mentioned that they make scripted funny videos for entertainment purposes.
About section
They have posted many such videos where a person searches for gold or coins on a river shore/delta area. Here, in two separate videos, a person has mentioned searching for coins and gold in Haridwar.
Conclusion
The viral video that claimed to show a person unearthing gold and coins from the Ganges River shore/delta area is false.
The video is scripted and is for entertainment purposes. This was first published by a YouTube channel named, The Social Junction on 23 October.
