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Fact CrescendoCulture & entertainment

រូប​ចម្លាក់​ព្រះ​គោ​ត្រូវ​បាន​ថៃ​រក្សា​ទុក​ក្នុង​ប្រាសាទ​ព្រះ​ទេព​បិតរ ដែល​ត្រូវ​បាន​បិទ​មិន​ឱ្យ​មហាជន​ចូល​ទស្សនា។

Publisher’s rating: False

The claim concerned Preah Ko, described in the review as a sculpture taken from Cambodia, and alleged that it was locked inside Prasat Phra Thep Bidon at Thailand’s Grand Palace. It also asserted that the temple was closed to the public. The review says it investigated the circulating video claim, using reverse image search and examining the temple’s history and related reports. [S1: “A Khmer-speaking content creator said in his video circulating on social media last week that the sculpture of Preah Ko (Cow God) taken from Cambodia by Siam (Thailand now) hundred years ago is locked inside a temple in the Grand Palace. The claimant added the public is not allowed to visit the temple.”; “Fact Crescendo Cambodia began an investigation into the claim mentioned above by running Google Reverse Image Search and reviewing reports related to a temple featuring the video claim.”] The investigation identified the building shown as Prasat Phra Thep Bidon, a royal pantheon in the same compound as Wat Phra Kaew at the Grand Palace. The review reports that information about the temple describes it as housing statues of former Chakri-dynasty kings, not Preah Ko; it also says no official records detail Preah Ko being kept there. [S1: “By running Google Reverse Image Search, we found the temple mentioned by the claimant in the video is called Prasat Phra Thep Bidon – the royal pantheon located in the same compound as Wat Phra Kaew or the temple of the Emerald Buddha in Thailand’s Grand Palace.”; “The article said the statues of the previous nine kings of the Chakri dynasty are installed inside the temple.”; “No official records detail the sculpture of Preah Ko locked inside the temple.”] The claim that the temple was inaccessible also leaves out the review’s evidence that public visits were permitted on designated occasions. It cites reporting that the temple opened to the public for seven days in 2015 and says the Royal Household announced a nine-day public-visit schedule in 2021. The review further points to a Thai PBS report saying the temple opened to the public the previous year. [S1: “Pattaya Mail said in its report in 2015 that Prasat Phra Thep Bidon was opened to the public only seven days in that year.”; “Below is the 9-day schedule set by the Office of the Royal House allowing the public to visit inside Prasat Phra Thep Bidon in 2021.”; “Below is a video report published by Thailand’s broadcasting Thai PBS News, saying the temple was opened to the public last year.”]

FACTLYCulture & entertainment

Visuals of Yogi Adityanath watching ‘Pathaan’

Publisher’s rating: FALSE

The claim concerns a social-media video said to show Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath watching the film Pathaan. The review says the clip circulated after the film’s release and success, and reports that the video was digitally made from a photograph of Adityanath watching the FIFA World Cup, with the television footage altered to show a song from Pathaan. To investigate the clip’s origin, the review says it used InVID to run reverse image searches on selected video keyframes. That search led to an ABP Live article from 18 December 2022, which reported that Adityanath had shared a photograph of himself watching the FIFA World Cup final. The review identifies that photograph as the image reused in the viral video; the football-match visuals on the television were replaced. Thus, the video does not document him watching Pathaan: it is an altered version of a World Cup-viewing photograph.

Fact CrescendoCulture & entertainment

កំពូល​តារា​ហូលីវូដ អ្នកនាង អេនជែលីណា ជូលី បាន​លើក​ឡើង​ថា៖ នៅ​ប្រទេសកម្ពុជា ខ្ញុំ​ចង់​ដើរ​ទៅ​ណា​មក​ណា​ក៏​បាន អត់​ខ្វល់​រឿង​សុវត្ថិភាព ឬ​ត្រូវការ​អង្គរក្ស​អីទេ។ ខ្ញុំ​ចេះ​តែ​ឆ្ងល់​ហេតុអ្វី​មនុស្ស​នៅ​លើ​ពិភព​លោក​នេះ បែរ​ជា​ខ្លាច​មិន​ហ៊ាន​មក​លេង​ប្រទេស​ដ៏​ស្រស់​បំព្រង​មួយ​នេះ។

Publisher’s rating: Explainer

FACTLYCulture & entertainment

Visuals of huge crowd gathering to watch ‘Pathaan’ movie in Bhagalpur

Publisher’s rating: FALSE

The claim concerns a video presented as showing a huge crowd in Bhagalpur gathering to watch Shah Rukh Khan’s film Pathaan. FACTLY identifies the footage as showing a different event: a crowd at Lulu Mall in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, gathered for a clearance sale in July 2022. The review states that the video “show[s] a huge gathering for a clearance sale in Thiruvananthapuram,” not the film’s release in Bhagalpur. (The quoted wording here is paraphrased.) To investigate the footage’s provenance, FACTLY says it conducted a reverse image search using screenshots from the viral video. That search returned multiple news reports identifying the scenes as people at Lulu Mall in Thiruvananthapuram during a midnight sale. The review also points to a Hindustan Times video report that features visuals similar to those in the viral clip. These matches support the identification of the footage as old mall-sale visuals rather than scenes from the claimed Pathaan gathering. The review notes that crowds and queues were reported in different parts of the country around Pathaan’s release, and that protests opposing the film had also taken place in Bhagalpur. But those facts do not establish that this particular video depicts the film’s audience there. The decisive point is the footage’s reported match to the July 2022 sale in Thiruvananthapuram.

YouturnCulture & entertainment

மோகன்தாஸ் காந்தியை ‘மகாத்மா காந்தி’ என்று அழைக்க வைத்தது யார்? இந்திய குடிமக்கள் என்று நீங்கள் யூகித்திருந்தால் நீங்கள் தவறாக நினைக்கிறீர்கள். இது இன்னொரு பிரிட்டிஷ் மோசடியாகும். சாச்சா நேருவைப் போல ஏன் இவர் உச்சத்திற்கு உயர்த்தப்பட்டார் என்பது இப்போது உங்களுக்குத் தெரியும்.

Publisher’s rating: Fake