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The claim

Video shows a 3,000-year-old ancient Anantha Padmanabhaswamy statue made of 7,800 kg of pure gold and 780,000 diamonds.

Original publisher’s rating

FALSE

Reviewed by FACTLY ↗ ·

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Original review summary

The review identifies the statue in the video as a creation by Hyderabad-based Shiv Narayan Jewellers in 2023, rather than a 3,000-year-old artifact. It reports that the statue was made with approximately 2.8 kg of gold and around 75,000 diamonds.[S1]

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Sources and attribution

  1. [S1] FACTLY original review

    Original review · Retrieved October 16, 2026

Original review: FACTLY. Structured data compiled by Data Commons under CC BY 4.0. Publisher article content is subject to its own terms. Summaries and context are produced by PeakMetrics with AI assistance.

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