Photo of 'giant remains' an innocent hoax

An image supposedly depicting the skeletal remains of gigantic humans online has recently been proved to be an innocent fake.
The picture was created by a Canadian digital artist by the alias of "IronKite" as his entry in an online photo-manipulation contest, which asked contestants to "create a hoax archaeological discovery."
The artist used this mastodon-excavation photo -- taken in 2000 in Hyde Park, New York -- as the basis and digitally superimposed a human skeleton over the mastodon-dig photo. He later added a man holding a shovel.
The artwork subsequently inspired false reports of an ancient-giant discovery in the Arabian or Indian deserts, although IronKite had nothing to do with it.
For five years later, a continuing flow of emails have been sent to National Geographic News to verify if the discovery has been made, and the picture has been featured widely on blogs debating the existence of ancient giants.