Viral photo of Christmas lights resembling male genitals purportedly in Orchard Road is fake news

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They were meant to represent a candle and holly berries with leaves but ended up looking like something else.

A photo of Christmas lights resembling male genitals circulating online recently was not taken at Orchard Road as it is purported to be., posted in 2015 with the caption:"So my city just got decorated with Christmas d***s."The photo shows the phallic Christmas lights hanging on a row of street lamps above people wearing cold-weather clothing in a location that is decidedly not Singapore.

A heavily cropped version of the photo was claimed to be taken at Orchard Road and many seemed to believe it. One netizen commented albeit jokingly:"Must be Naughty Girl night club from Orchard Towers sponsored this decoration for this Christmas season party."There is another photo of the same penis lights along a dark road, which appeared online in 2014.

 

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