“Image showing statue of an ancient American God known as ‘Monkey God’”
Social media posts
Claim dated 10 Jan 2021.
FACTLY rated thisFALSE
What FACTLY found
According to Denver Art Museum, the sculpture was carved by an unknown artist during the 1800s in Southern India and the sculpture shows Hanuman, the Hindu monkey-god. As per the information the sculpture was purchased by the museum in 1991. This is not a sculpture of American ‘Monkey God’.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 10 January 2021. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 11 January 2021, 1 day later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
Where the claim appeared
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