While social media is a great place to share news and have a bit of fun, people need to be wary of sensationalised news that may not be true.

Here are 15 such instances when most online users found themselves in a muddle after the truth behind each one was discovered. Today we will see 6 to 10 hoax stories, reports the Indian Express.   

6. The viral photo of Golden Temple beautifully lit with lanterns during Diwali

While the entire country was celebrating Diwali, a spectacular picture of the Golden Temple with floating golden lanterns in the sky charmed many hearts online. The photo went viral after many celebrities took to Twitter to share it. However, later it was found out that it was photoshopped. Twitter user Navkaran Brar, who had created the picture revealed it and even asked for credit from whoever who shared his picture. 

7. The fake Hurricane Irma video that sent shock waves on social media

A Facebook user named Hendry Moya Duran shared a video on his page in September and captioned it: “Hurricane Irma”. With more than 35 million views at the time, it went viral. However, it was later found that the clip was fake. It was an old footage that had been online for over a year. Many users commented that it was a clip of a tornado hitting Uruguay in 2016.

8. The shark on the street that went viral during Hurricane Harvey in US

Here’s the picture of the shark on the street that went viral. (Source: Jason Michael/Twitter)

A Twitter user posted a fake picture of a shark on the street of Houston, Texas, back in August when the US was hit by Hurricane Harvey, and it went viral. With more than 140,000 likes and over 87,000 shares, Jason Michael’s photo was all over social media. He later clarified that he knew it was fake and that’s why he had shared it with a misspelled Harvey (#HurricaneHarvy in his tweet), and also said that neither does he regret it nor does he doesn’t plan to delete it.  

9. Travel blogger got caught after posting fake ‘photoshopped’ Instagram photos

A popular travel, beauty and fashion blogger, Amelia Liana, resorted to photoshop and edit her pictures to grab attention. However, the stunt backfired and she was caught. Once caught red handed, Liana had to face a lot of flak online, and was brutally trolled on Twitter. 

10. Hilarious memes of this fake photo of world leaders from the G20 Summit

A photo from the G20 Summit in July became the butt of a lot of jokes mainly because of the expressions on US President Donald Trump’s and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s face. The results of the caption contest are hilarious, however, many probably didn’t realise that the picture was fake! Yes, Russian President Vladimir Putin was not present in the actual photo and one user alleged it was photoshopped by Russian press. The actual photo by the Associated Press (above) shows that the chair in which Putin has been photoshopped belonged to Theresa May.