Does this video show giant statues at the bottom of the ocean? No, that's not true: The footage is a 3D animation originally from an Instagram post. The creator of that post has a bio that says, "I bring nightmares to life with 3D animation!"
The claim originated from a video (archived here) published on TikTok by @kiraku_japan on July 23, 2023. The caption in Korean on the video, as translated by Lead Stories staff, reads:
Real footage.
This is what the post looked like on TikTok at the time of writing:
(Source: TikTok screenshot taken on Tue Dec 5 18:50:12 2023 UTC)
The footage originally is from an Instagram post (archived here) by @lights.are.off, with a caption that reads:
Keepers of the deep.
#thalassophobia #megalophobia #reels
This is what the post looked like on Instagram at the time of writing:
(Source: Instagram screenshot taken on Tue Dec 5 18:52:38 2023 UTC)
The Instagram post received over 1 million likes, and the creator @lights.are.off has 1.8 million followers with a bio that reads:
Video creator
I bring nightmares to life with 3D animation!
