Chinese local government officials appear to float above the tarmac. Picture: Huili County Government
- Road inspection pic goes viral
- Bad editing has officials levitating
- Inspectors now stars of the internet
It is the picture that has the web talking about the wonders of tarmac inspection in south west China - for all the wrong reasons.
Huili County Government has become a joke after posting on its website what may be the worst faked picture in history.
The picture shows three local officials inspecting a newly completed highway in China's Sichuan province but the men appear to hovering several centimetres above the tarmac.
What's astonishing about the poor display of picture editing is that it happened at all. Other photos show the men did visit the road and on the same day. And yes, the road was even completed. But for some unknown reason the photographer decided to ditch the original photos and go for a doctored picture instead.
Other pictures show the men did inspect the highway but for some reason the photographer didn't like this shot. Picture: Supplied
Huili County Government was ridiculed soon after the picture went up on Monday. The authority took down the picture and immediately apologised, a rare thing in China.
"A government employee posted the edited picture out of error . . . The county government understands the wide attention, and hope to apologise for and clarify the matter," a Huili official told the state-run Xinhua news agency.
The picture has gone viral and inspired countless parodies, including showing the men on the moon, at the final of 2006 soccer World Cup and surrounded by dinosaurs.
It didn't take long before the parodies started appearing. Here, the officials survey Jurassic era highways. Picture: Supplied
Don't think much of the tarmac here? The officials even made an appearance on the Moon. Picture: Supplied
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