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After Thai media reported the country’s army had retaken a temple on the disputed border with Cambodia, images were shared in Khmer-language posts falsely claiming Thailand’s military had staged pictures of their troops using a studio and green screen. The images were flagged as having been made with Google’s AI tools, and contain visual errors indicative of fabricated content.<\/p>\n
“What more is there to explain, Siam? Stop deceiving people. It’s time to stop acting — you’ve been caught. Do you have no shame, Siamese thieves?” reads a Khmer-language Facebook post<\/a> shared on December 21, 2025, using a historical name for Thailand.<\/p>\n The post includes six images. They purportedly depict three photos of Thai soldiers at a temple on the country’s disputed frontier with Cambodia and corresponding images showing the pictures were in fact taken in a studio against a green screen.<\/p>\n The images circulated after Thai media reported that\u00a0Thailand’s army had retaken control of\u00a0Ta Khwai Temple<\/a> and Hill 350<\/a> during border clashes with Cambodia, which reignited in December 2025 (archived here<\/a> and here<\/a>).<\/p>\n The latest clashes<\/a>, stemming from a decades-long dispute over the colonial-era demarcation of the neighbours’ 800-kilometre (500-mile) border and a smattering of ancient temple ruins situated on the frontier, have killed at least 23 people in Thailand, 21 in Cambodia, and displaced more than 900,000 people on both sides (archived link<\/a>).<\/p>\n