In June 2025, a photograph of Lot appeared in the Telegram channels called “Freedom Poster”, allegedly exhibited at one of the British auctions. It is reported that this item of utensils used protesters in Kyiv during the revolution of dignity. We checked the reliability of such publications.

A photograph of the lot from the auction in London spread on June 19. The picture captures a pot of protective glass, and the label below reads: ““ Poster of Freedom ”, Kyiv, 2014. Starting price - £ 15,000. " The authors of publications about this lot clarify that such pots were on their heads of Euromaidan.

The Telegram channels were told about the “Poster of Freedom” on the auction “PosterThe world of Mikhail Onufrienko"(207,000 views at the time of writing this analysis),"Russian Kolobok and Green Trick"(204 000),"Uncle Glory"(184 000), Zergulio (156 000), "Voblya • News"(147 000),"Sheikh Tamir"(138 000) and others.

January 16, 2014, in the midst of protests, which later received the name “Euromaidan”, or “Revolution of dignity”, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Accepted A number of laws limiting participation in mass shares. In particular, demonstrators were forbidden to cover their face, as well as wear helmets and other protective equipment. In protest, protesters Started come to stocks with pots, a colander and other kitchen utensils on the head to emphasize the absurdity of new restrictions and at the same time protect yourself from possible power overclocking. However, in Ukraine, dishes have not become a symbol of protest - by January 20, new laws called The resonance, which led to the power confrontation of the participants of the Euromaidan and the police, at the same time the first victims appeared. At the same time, in the pro -Russian media Ukrainians who participated in the protests of 2013-2014, they became Offensive to call Castle -headed.

The proof that one of the pots worn on a rally on the Euromaidan became a lot at the auction in London is only one photograph. Information on the label that has fallen on the picture is extremely scarce-the previous owner is not indicated there (or, if it is an art object, author) and does not describe a detailed story of the subject, as usual do In such cases. The auction house, which put the lot for bidding, is not called in most cases. Some users of social networks of X Approvedwhat about the house of Sotheby’s, but the "pots of freedom" No In his calendar of trading. “Verified” did not find such a lot on the sites of other large auction houses working in the British capital.

It can be assumed that this pan was put up at one of the many charitable auctions, which in support of Ukraine conduct non -profit organizations and activists around the world. However, it was not possible to find any evidence of this hypothesis. Moreover, for such bidding, the starting price of £ 15,000 seems unrealisticly high. As a rule, on such auctions They sell the work of Ukrainian artists or local residents, and the final price of most lots is several times lower. In October 2024, Christie’s house Spent The largest charity auction, at which the works of famous Ukrainian artists were presented, and even there only a few paintings were sold than the starting price of “Freedom pots”.

The image of the lot also looks unnatural. Judging by the reflection, the glass closes the lot only from behind, it is also visible in the blurry reflection of the author of the photograph. On the label, the background behind the text with the name of the work and its price is pixelized - probably the inscription was added to the photo editor.

“Verified” analyzed a picture using two services to identify content generated AI. Both tools appreciated the likelihood that the image was created using a neural network as a high one. Moreover, the probability was higher when analyzing pictures in which the text label was closed or cut. Most likely, the image of the pan itself was generated, after which the text was imposed on it already in the photo editor.

From above - the result of the analysis HIVE, from below - Deepfake-O-Meter. Source: Screenshots "Checked"

Although auctions in support of the inhabitants of Ukraine or with the participation of the work of Ukrainian artists wide Lighted In the media, Authoritative English and Ukrainian-speaking sources did not report on the “Poster of Freedom” about the “Poster of Freedom”. The photo was distributed mainly by Russian-speaking Telegram channels and users X. At the same time, several publications, translated into English, in which for some reason the price is indicated in rubles.

The earliest publication, which mentions the "pot of freedom" along with the photograph of the lot and which was discovered "verified" appeared In the Telegram channel "Kryminforum" on June 19 at 14:04 Moscow time. This channel is often Found In our analysis as the source and distributor of fakes about Ukraine.

Thus, there is no evidence that at the past, passing or only announced auction in London, they put up a pot in London, who was at one time worn by one of the participants in the Euromaidan. The photo with a high probability used as evidence was created using AI, and first appeared in the pro-Kremlin Telegram channel, previously caught on the spread of fakes.

Photo on the cover: social networks