The video (here, here, here) is now viral on social media, showing union home minister Amit Shah being attacked by a monkey as he leaves the building surrounded by officials. The video is shared as if it were a real incident. Find the truth behind this viral clip.
Claim: Viral video shows a monkey jumping to Union Home Minister Amit Shah as he leaves the building surrounded by officials.
fact: This is an AI-generated video. It was digitally changed using a visual from 2019 when Amit Shah visited Home Ministry. No such incident occurred in which the monkey attacked Amit Shah. Therefore, the argument is error.
To find the truth, we conducted a keyword search on Google to see if there were any reports of Amit Shah being attacked by monkeys, but no such reports were found. I looked into the viral video and noticed some contradictions. For example, in one frame, the police officer's hands disappear, and the movement of the crowd during the monkey jump looks unnatural and strange. These indications are commonly associated with deepfake or AI-generated content (here and here), suggesting that the video can be operated digitally.
To check if the video is deep-fark, a reverse image search was performed using the first frame. This included media coverage. Indian Express (Archive) released the same image on June 1, 2019. A comparison of the first frame of the virus video and the images in their reports confirms that they are from the same event.
Other related photos from the incident have been reported by multiple media outlets (here, here, here, here). According to them, it was filmed on June 1, 2019 when Amit Shah officially served as federal minister of the Interior. That day he held several meetings with the governor, junior minister and BJP leader. He was also explained about the security situation in Jammu and Kashmir and the preparation of the Amalnathyatra. The senior official gave him an overview of the functions of the Ministry of Home Affairs and future challenges.
To further check if the video is deepfake, it was analyzed using Deepfake-O-Meter, a tool known to detect AI generated content. The results confirmed that the video was generated by AI. Apparently it was created using real photos or videos from 2019 when Amit Shah visited the Home Ministry with officials. There were no monkeys in the original footage, but we confirmed that the virus video was generated by AI.
In summary, the video of a monkey jumping to Union Minister Amit Shah is an AI-generated video.
