A TRAVEL blogger who posts pictures from beauty spots around the world has been accused of faking the snaps – but can you see why?
Amelia Liana – who has 450,000 followers – was caught out by eagle-eyed viewers who spotted something missing when she shared a picture of herself in New York on her Instagram page.
She said that the picture, which shows her gazing out of the window at the Big Apple, was taken at the Rockerfeller Center in Manhattan.
But followers pointed out that the Freedom Tower – the new World Trade Center built four years ago – was not in the frame.
One wrote: “Cute! That's pre-World Trade Center (the new one) though…the skyline is very, very different now.”
Another commented: “Why is this skyline completely photoshopped? The buildings are different now.”
A third clever user said: “That’s not what NYC looks like…and your reflection in the mirror isnt reversed. It’s just copy and pasted on top…”
Alongside the image, posted on May 25 this year, Liana wrote: “What a welcome to NYC #TopOfTheRock.”
The Times got an expert from their picture desk to examine the pictures and they concluded that Amelia’s image had been superimposed over an old picture of New York.
A snap of Amelia at the Taj Mahal in India also raised suspicions, but can you see why?
Followers noticed the ever-present tourists crowds were missing and scaffolding currently up at the attraction was gone.
They also pointed out that her shadow stopped too abruptly and claimed she had ADDED a flock of birds.
One commented: “It's actually ridiculous how much you photoshop your content. The fact that you've EDITED IN these birds.”
Another posted: “This is hilarious. So badly edited.”
Other posts causing an issue include two with ice-cream in the foreground, claiming to be in Florence and New York.
On the Italian ice cream picture, a commentator wrote: “No problem with editing your instagrams, but when you edit them as much as you do you're straight up lying to your followers. Just shows that some people are far too obsessed with having an ‘instagrammable’ lifestyle…”
Next to the New York cone, another wrote: “How is this possible?! That ice cream place is nowhere near where you ‘took the pic.’”
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There is no suggestion that Amelia hasn't visited the places she pictured on her account.
Amelia told The Times: “I have lots of loyal followers that I consider my friends and I would never cheat on them by putting myself in a picture where I wasn't in a natural location.
“I do strive to present my photographs in the best possible way but always remain faithful to my followers by taking my pictures in real locations.”
The 26-year-old Londoner, uses her page to promote fashion brands as well as documenting her travels, and she recently revealed all the amazing products in her beauty room.
We have contacted Amelia to ask for a comment.
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