A photo, taken at the Cockroach Janta Party's (CJP) protest held at Delhi's Jantar Mantar on 6 June is being widely shared on social media, where some users have claimed that the image is an AI-generated one.The claim is being shared to insinuate that the image was created to show a large crowd when there was low turnout at the protest.An archived version of this post can be seen here.At the time of writing this report, this post by X user 'SanviSharm49500' had gathered over 1.5 lakh views.(Archived versions of more posts sharing this claim can be seen here, here, and here.)Is it true?: No, the claim is false, as the photo is a real one taken during the protest.Old Unrelated Video Shared as Recent Footage From the CJP ProtestHow did we find out the truth?: A reverse image search on the image led us to The Hindu's coverage of the CJP's protest.On scrolling through the article, we found that the same image had been published in the part where the article discussed Ladakhi activist Sonam Wangchuk joining the protest.The image was credited to one Shashi Shekhar Kashyap.The image was part of The Hindu's coverage of the protest.The same image was also published by the Frontline magazine's website, in an article about the CJP.A quick search for the photographer mentioned led us to an X post by The Hindu, reshared by Kashyap's account.The image was taken and reshared by Kashyap.Not AI: To confirm that it was an authentic one, we ran the image through two AI content detectors.Hive Moderation's tool gave the image a zero percent likelihood of being an AI-generated one, noting that it was human-made.The image was not made using AI. Similarly, SightEngine, too, gave the image a one percent likelihood of being an AI-generated one, confirming that The Hindu had not used AI to create any part of the image.The image is a real one.Conclusion: A real photo from the CJP's protest is being shared with the false claim that it shows an AI-generated image of a crowd.Old, Unrelated Video Falsely Shared as One of Class 9 Student at CJP Protest(Not convinced of a post or information you came across online and want it verified? Send us the details on WhatsApp at 9540511818 , or e-mail it to us at webqoof@thequint.com and we'll fact-check it for you. You can also read all our fact-checked stories here.)