{"id":590710,"date":"2021-07-14T10:35:25","date_gmt":"2021-07-14T14:35:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=590710"},"modified":"2021-07-14T10:35:26","modified_gmt":"2021-07-14T14:35:26","slug":"fact-check-does-this-image-show-a-real-giant-skeleton-found-in-thailand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-does-this-image-show-a-real-giant-skeleton-found-in-thailand\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: Does This Image Show A Real Giant Skeleton Found In Thailand?"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffact-check-does-this-image-show-a-real-giant-skeleton-found-in-thailand%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=590710&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2021-06-09T141102Z_1640822148_RC21XN9I9X4E_RTRMADP_3_DENMARK-VIKINGS-scaled-e1626224864627.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>An image <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UniverseUntold\/status\/1403908115926560768\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">shared on Twitter<\/a> purportedly shows a giant skeleton found in Thailand in 2017.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"9.5206896551724\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The skeleton of this giant was discovered in November 2017 in a cave in Krabi, Thailand. This was just made public a few months ago. The skeleton appeared to have been battling a large horned serpent upon death. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/p5u8KEYWGC\">pic.twitter.com\/p5u8KEYWGC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Untold Universe (@UniverseUntold) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UniverseUntold\/status\/1403908115926560768?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 13, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong><span>Verdict: False<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The image actually shows an art installation created by a Taiwanese artist.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span>Fact Check:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The tweet has garnered over 100 likes as of press time. It <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UniverseUntold\/status\/1403908115926560768\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">features<\/a> a photo of a woman standing above what appears to be an archeological site in which a giant humanoid skeleton lies with a huge serpentine skeleton wrapped around it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe skeleton of this giant was discovered in November 2017 in a cave in Krabi, Thailand,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UniverseUntold\/status\/1403908115926560768\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reads<\/a> the tweet. \u201cThis was just made public a few months ago. The skeleton appeared to have been battling a large horned serpent upon death.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Contrary to the tweet\u2019s claim, the picture doesn\u2019t show the actual remains of a giant that died battling a massive snake. Taiwan Today published a similar photo in a <a href=\"https:\/\/taiwantoday.tw\/news.php?unit=18&amp;post=144849\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">November 2018 article<\/a>, explaining it shows Taiwanese artist Tu Wei-cheng\u2019s \u201cGiant Ruins\u201d art installation for the Thailand Biennale exhibition in Krabi.<\/p>\n<p>The skeleton was made of plastic, and the installation received special permission to be set up in the cave, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/taiwantoday.tw\/news.php?unit=18&amp;post=144849\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Taiwan Today<\/a>. Another photo of Tu\u2019s skeleton installation <a href=\"https:\/\/www.moc.gov.tw\/en\/information_315_94897.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">can be found<\/a> on the Taiwanese Ministry of Culture\u2019s website. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2021\/06\/22\/fact-check-new-york-artist-invisible-art\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Did A New York Artist Sell \u2018Invisible Art\u2019?)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Many of Tu\u2019s works resemble ancient artifacts, as seen in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tinakenggallery.com\/en\/\/artists\/48-\/works\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">photos<\/a> on the website of the Taiwanese Tina Keng Gallery.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An image shared on Twitter purportedly shows a giant skeleton found in Thailand in 2017. The skeleton of this giant was discovered in November 2017 in a cave in Krabi, &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2314649,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2021-06-09T141102Z_1640822148_RC21XN9I9X4E_RTRMADP_3_DENMARK-VIKINGS-scaled-e1626224864627.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"FACT CHECK: Does This Image Show A Real Giant Skeleton Found In Thailand?","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-590710","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2021-06-09T141102Z_1640822148_RC21XN9I9X4E_RTRMADP_3_DENMARK-VIKINGS-scaled-e1626224864627.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"FACT CHECK: Does This Image Show A Real Giant Skeleton Found In Thailand?","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/590710","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=590710"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/590710\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2314649"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=590710"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=590710"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=590710"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}