Ganesh Chaturthi 2025 starts on August 27th and closes on September 6th with spectacular celebrations throughout India. The followers have created Ganesh idols with a diverse range of styles and elaborate set-ups, and Visarjan processions have also begun in many places (here and here). Among these festivals, the video (here, here, here, here) has been word-of-mouth on social media showing the production of a giant Ganesh idol who claims to be Chennai's biggest Ganapati statue in the world. Find the truth behind this claim.
Claim: Viral video shows the world's largest Ganapati idol, built in Chennai for Ganeshchaturti in 2025.
fact: Video is generated by AI. Watermark traced it to Hoohokareations80, an account specializing in AI-driven content. The AI detection tool flagged 99.9% of its users as likely to be generated by AI. Therefore, the argument is error.
A close look at the video shows that most frames show that workers are engaged in creating statues. However, their movements and working style reveal some contradictions. Gestures look unnatural in many places, but this is common in content generated by AI, indicating that videos can be generated by AI.
On another meticulous watch, I noticed a watermark in a video that reads “Hoohokareations80.” Go to this account and found the same video uploaded on August 23, 2025 in the caption.Ganesh Chaturthi Special. ”
Bio in the profile clearly states that Hoohoo Creations is a digital creator and creative director specializing in AI-driven creativity. This strongly suggests that viral videos are being generated by AI. This discovery is further enhanced by the presence of several other AI-maid videos in your account (here and here).
I ran it using the AI detection tool Hive (archive) to see if the video was generated by AI. This flagged it as having a 99.9% chance of AI being generated.
Moreover, like many other cities, Chennai celebrates Ganeshchaturti with numerous idols in the city, including one idol made up of 7,500 books, including 5,000 copies of Bhagavadgita. However, none of these idols match what you see in the viral video. Collectively with other evidence, this confirms that the video is generated by AI.
In summary, the AI-generated video of a large Ganesh idol is mistakenly shared as the world's largest Ganesh idol made in Chennai.
