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“Image of a newborn baby with a face resembling Hindu God Lord Ganesha”
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FACTLY rated thisFALSE

What FACTLY found

The image actually shows the artwork of Australian artist Patricia Piccinini. This particular artwork of a newborn baby with a small trunk-like nose was actually created in 2010 which depicts unsettling mutations of human and animal forms. This Artwork depicting mutations of human and animal form is misconstrued as a baby born with a face resembling Hindu God Lord Ganesha

Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.

In short

This claim spread on social media. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 22 March 2021. Its rating was “FALSE”.

Where the claim appeared

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