80s Trend Catches 45-Year-Old Thief? Here’s The Truth

A strange story claiming that an AI photo trend helped police crack a 45-year-old theft case in Madhya Pradesh has gone viral on social media. But there is a major twist. The entire story is fake.

The viral claim says a woman stole a gold chain from a jewellery shop in Ujjain in the early 1980s and managed to escape without being caught. She allegedly changed her identity and lived a normal life for decades.

Years later, an AI trend featuring 1980s-style photos became popular on social media. According to the viral story, the woman also created and posted her old-style AI image for fun. The jewellery shop owner supposedly came across the picture and recognised her as the woman who had stolen the chain decades ago.

The story further claimed that the shop owner informed the police, who traced the woman and arrested her. She allegedly confessed to the old theft during questioning.

However, fact-checking has found no evidence that such an incident actually happened in Ujjain. There is no official police statement confirming the arrest or the reopening of any such 45-year-old theft case. The viral story appears to have been created as a fictional or satirical post and was later shared as real news.

So, while the idea of an AI trend accidentally helping solve an old crime sounds entertaining, there is no credible evidence that this unusual incident ever took place.