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“Photo showing the remains of an Indian soldier who fought in the 1965 war”
Social media posts Claim dated 8 Sep 2020.
FACTLY rated thisFALSE

What FACTLY found

The skeleton in the picture is not real. It is a model created by ‘Dilip Sarkar MBE’ in 2017

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

In short

This claim spread on social media around 8 September 2020. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 4 January 2021, 118 days later. Its rating was “FALSE”.

Where the claim appeared

Links recorded by FACTLY. Some posts may have been deleted since.

This check was done by FACTLY, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.