{"id":20868,"date":"2018-10-14T01:37:30","date_gmt":"2018-10-13T20:07:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=20868"},"modified":"2018-10-14T01:37:30","modified_gmt":"2018-10-13T20:07:30","slug":"viral-2008-bronze-statue-of-sardar-patel-by-gujarati-sculptor-circulated-as-statue-of-unity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/viral-2008-bronze-statue-of-sardar-patel-by-gujarati-sculptor-circulated-as-statue-of-unity\/","title":{"rendered":"Viral: 2008 bronze statue of Sardar Patel by Gujarati sculptor circulated as Statue of Unity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Chinese looking Sardar Patel? If social media is to be believed, the first pictures of the Statue of Unity have revealed that Sardar Patel\u2019s face has very strong Chinese features. The world\u2019s largest statue built at a cost of Rs. 2989 crores is ready to be inaugurated on October 31st. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/india-news\/billon-dollar-battle-on-statue-of-king-chhatrapati-shivaji-vs-sardar-vallabhbhai-patel-as-worlds-tal-1910338\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chinese involvement<\/a> in construction of the statue has come under much criticism with Rahul Gandhi calling it a \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/india\/rahul-gandhi-says-sardar-patels-statue-in-gujarat-being-built-by-china-5377364\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Made in China<\/a>\u201d statue. Congress supporters have now gone a step further and claimed that it even looks Chinese. <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Thank u Modi ji for Getting The make over of Sardar Patel in Chinese style<\/p>\n<p>Real                                     Sanghified<br \/>Pic  of                                  statue of<br \/>Sardar Patel                       Sardar Patel<br \/>\ud83e\udd14                                        \ud83e\udd14 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MC7MfD1Ru4\">pic.twitter.com\/MC7MfD1Ru4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Vinay Kumar Dokania (@VinayDokania) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VinayDokania\/status\/1051140393876697088?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 13, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The image and an equivalent narrative is also viral on Facebook.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Fake Statue of Unity image\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/294955519?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"746\" height=\"634\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>What is the truth?<\/h2>\n<p>The face of the statue arrived in Gujarat in October 2017 and it looks nothing like the pictures that are being circulated. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2rfwAo7eTGUp\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2rfwAo7eTGUp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Images of the statue being <a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/photos\/india-news\/standing-tall-at-182-metres-indias-statue-of-unity-in-gujarat-ready-for-inauguration-5400424\/2\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">given final touches<\/a> also show there is nothing Chinese about Sardar Patel\u2019s features. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/10\/Selection_14_10_2018_001.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"590\" height=\"765\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-20870\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/10\/Selection_14_10_2018_001.jpg 590w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/10\/Selection_14_10_2018_001-231x300.jpg 231w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/10\/Selection_14_10_2018_001-324x420.jpg 324w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A google reverse search revealed that the image that is viral on social media as &#8216;Chinese Sardar Patel&#8217; has been used as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gettyimages.in\/detail\/news-photo\/internationaly-renowned-indian-sculptor-jashuben-shilpi-news-photo\/83509862\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">stock image<\/a> since a long time. It is available on Getty with the following description: \u201c<em>Internationaly renowned Indian sculptor Jashuben Shilpi gives final touches to a bronze statue of former Indian Home Minister and Deputy Prime Minister the late Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel at her workshop near Gandhinagar some 30 kms. from Ahmedabad on October 31, 2008. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, also known as the Iron Man of India, was born on October 31, 1875.<\/em>\u201d The photo credit reads SAM PANTHAKY\/AFP\/Getty Images.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/10\/Selection_14_10_2018_003.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1193\" height=\"812\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-20871\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/10\/Selection_14_10_2018_003.jpg 1193w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/10\/Selection_14_10_2018_003-300x204.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/10\/Selection_14_10_2018_003-768x523.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/10\/Selection_14_10_2018_003-1024x697.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/10\/Selection_14_10_2018_003-696x474.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/10\/Selection_14_10_2018_003-1068x727.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/10\/Selection_14_10_2018_003-617x420.jpg 617w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1193px) 100vw, 1193px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The image of Patel\u2019s statue that is being circulated with the narrative that it looks Chinese is actually a 2008 image of a different statue of Patel, sculpted by Jasuben Shilpi. Shilpi, who was renowned for her bronze statues, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/other-states\/renowned-sculptor-jasuben-shilpi-passes-away-in-gujarat\/article4309569.ece\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">passed away<\/a> in 2013.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Chinese looking Sardar Patel? If social media is to be believed, the first pictures of the Statue of Unity have revealed that Sardar Patel\u2019s face has very strong Chinese features. The world\u2019s largest statue built at a cost of Rs. 2989 crores is ready to be inaugurated on October 31st. 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