“Video showing a real three-headed elephant.”
Social media posts
Claim dated 12 Aug 2024.
FACTLY rated thisFALSE
What FACTLY found
These visuals are from Thailand’s Ayutthaya Khon Festival, where a three-headed elephant is paraded to represent Erawan, the Thai name for Airavata, the divine elephant. However, the additional two heads on the elephant are prosthetic, not real.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 12 August 2024. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 20 August 2024, 8 days later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
Where the claim appeared
- Instagram posthttps://www.instagram.com/reel/C-kWGJfP5Kz/
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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.