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Bangladesh: fact-checker says face-swap AI put two actresses' faces on adult videos posted from a TV channel's Instagram account, which says it was hacked

On 13 October 2026 two videos depicting two Bangladeshi actresses in sexual content were posted on the official Instagram account of the private television channel Maasranga Television. The fact-checking organisation Rumor Scanner reported, as relayed by Prothom Alo and Dhaka Files, that the videos were not genuine and had been made by placing the actresses' faces onto other videos with face-swap technology; Dhaka Files adds that the source videos came from adult websites and describes the technology as AI. The channel said its account had been hacked and that fake images and videos made by misusing AI had been published; it announced that it had recovered the account with the help of BTRC, the CID and Banani police station, removed the videos, expressed regret and said it would take legal action. Dhaka Files reports the videos were viewed roughly 400,000 times before deletion and records doubts about the hack claim, because routine posts continued from the account during the period. On 15 October one of the actresses wrote on her Facebook page that creating and spreading fabricated content in someone's name with AI is a crime. Who made or posted the videos is not established in the sources.

AI system
Unidentified video tool
Occurred
13 Oct 2026
Reported
14 October 2026
Event location
Bangladesh
What the AI did
Depicted or impersonated the person
Reported harm
Exploitation or Abuse
Whose AI use
Someone else’s AI use
Setting
Privacy · Everyday life
Evidence
AI involvement reported · Causal attribution supported · 2 sources
5 claims: 1 disputed, 4 reported. 4 open questions
People reported harmed
2 people

AI system as recorded: Unidentified face-swap tool that, according to the fact-checker Rumor Scanner as relayed by Prothom Alo and Dhaka Files, placed two actresses' faces onto other videos; Dhaka Files relays that the source videos came from adult websites and describes the face-swap technology as AI; no product is named

What Happened

The posting. Prothom Alo reports that on 13 October 2026 objectionable videos depicting two actresses appeared on a private television channel's Instagram account. Dhaka Files names the channel as Maasranga Television and reports that the videos were uploaded before dawn, viewed roughly 400,000 times, and removed in the afternoon.

The AI attribution. According to Prothom Alo and Dhaka Files, the fact-checking organisation Rumor Scanner investigated and reported that the videos were not genuine. Dhaka Files relays the report as saying the two videos were completely artificial and edited, made by placing the stars' faces onto original videos from adult websites with face-swap technology, and that Rumor Scanner traced the source videos but did not publish the links. The channel's own statement, as relayed by Prothom Alo, says its account was hacked and fake images and videos made by misusing AI were published. The Rumor Scanner report itself could not be read (HTTP 403, no archive capture).

The channel's response and the doubts. The channel said it recovered the account with help from BTRC, the CID and Banani police station, removed the videos and expressed regret; Prothom Alo adds that it announced legal action. Dhaka Files reports that routine news posts continued from the account during the supposed hack and that the channel acted late, which led people online to question the hack claim; a former employee named online denied involvement. The sources do not establish who made or posted the videos.

The actress's response. On 15 October one of the two actresses posted on her Facebook page, as reported by Prothom Alo, that making false and fabricated content in someone's name with AI and spreading it to demean them is not entertainment but a crime, and criticised people who knowingly share it.

Reported harm

According to the fact-checker Rumor Scanner, as relayed by two outlets, two actresses were depicted in sexual videos made with face-swap technology and posted from a television channel's Instagram account; one actress publicly objected.

How Harm Occurred

According to a fact-checker, an unidentified face-swap tool placed two actresses' faces onto adult-website videos; the resulting sexual videos were posted from a television channel's Instagram account, which the channel says had been hacked, and were viewed widely before removal.

Outcome

Unknown

The channel said it recovered the account with help from BTRC, the CID and Banani police station, removed the videos, expressed regret and announced legal action (Prothom Alo; Dhaka Files). No arrest, case number or investigation outcome is reported in the sources read.

What remains unknown

  • Who made the face-swapped videos and who posted them, including whether the account was hacked as the channel says.
  • Which tool was used; the Rumor Scanner report itself could not be read.
  • Whether a criminal case was filed and its outcome.
  • The second actress's response; no statement from her is reported in the sources read.

What the evidence supports

AI involvement: reported. The fact-checking organisation Rumor Scanner, which examined the videos, reported (as relayed by Prothom Alo and Dhaka Files) that they were not genuine and had been made by placing the two actresses' faces onto other videos with face-swap technology; Dhaka Files relays that the source videos came from adult websites and glosses face swap as AI. The channel's statement also says the material was made by misusing AI. These face-swapped videos are the sexual depiction of the two actresses that was posted publicly. The fact-check itself could not be read, and the tool used is not named.

5 claims: 1 disputed, 4 reported. What the statuses mean

Reported Objectionable videos depicting two actresses were posted on a private television channel's Instagram account on 13 October 2026; Dhaka Files reports they were uploaded before dawn and removed in the afternoon after roughly 400,000 views.

Causal attribution. Outlets' reports of the posting; the date comes from Prothom Alo and is consistent with Dhaka Files' 'yesterday' in a 14 October report. The view count is Dhaka Files' figure alone.

  • prothomalo.com(opens in new tab) supports · Bangla
    'গত ১৩ অক্টোবর একটি বেসরকারি টেলিভিশন চ্যানেলের ইনস্টাগ্রাম অ্যাকাউন্টে'
  • dhakafiles.com(opens in new tab) supports · Bangla
    'গতকাল ভোররাতে আপত্তিকর এই ভিডিওগুলো আপলোড হওয়ার পর বিকেলে মুছে ফেলার আগ পর্যন্ত তা প্রায় চার লক্ষাধিকবার দেখা হয়ে যায়।'
Reported The fact-checker Rumor Scanner reported that the videos were not genuine and had been made by placing the two actresses' faces onto other videos with face-swap technology; Dhaka Files' relay adds that the source videos came from adult websites.

Causal attribution. Rumor Scanner's finding, relayed by both outlets (one origin); the report itself was not read. The adult-website source detail and the AI gloss come from Dhaka Files' relay.

  • prothomalo.com(opens in new tab) supports · Bangla
    'ঘটনাটি অনুসন্ধান করেছে তথ্য যাচাইকারী প্রতিষ্ঠান রিউমর স্ক্যানার। গতকাল বুধবার প্রকাশিত প্রতিবেদনে প্রতিষ্ঠানটি জানিয়েছে, আলোচিত ভিডিওগুলো আসল নয়। অন্য ভিডিওতে ফেস সোয়াপ প্রযুক্তির মাধ্যমে দুই অভিনেত্রীর মুখ বসিয়ে সেগুলো তৈরি করা হয়েছে।'
  • dhakafiles.com(opens in new tab) supports · Bangla
    'অনুসন্ধানী ফ্যাক্ট-চেকিং সংস্থা'; 'প্রতিবেদনে স্পষ্ট জানানো হয়েছে যে, ইনস্টাগ্রামে প্রচারিত ভিডিও দুটি সম্পূর্ণ কৃত্রিম ও সম্পাদিত। ফেস সোয়াপ প্রযুক্তি অর্থাৎ এআই ব্যবহার করে প্রাপ্তবয়স্কদের সাইটের মূল ভিডিওতে তারকাদের মুখমণ্ডল বসিয়ে এসব কনটেন্ট তৈরি করা হয়েছে।'
Reported The channel said its account had been hacked and that fake images and videos made by misusing AI had been published; it said it recovered the account with help from BTRC, the CID and Banani police station, removed the videos, expressed regret and announced legal action.

Causal attribution. The channel's statement relayed by both outlets (one origin). The AI wording is the channel's as relayed by Prothom Alo; the BTRC/CID/police detail is Dhaka Files' alone; legal action is Prothom Alo's alone.

  • prothomalo.com(opens in new tab) supports · Bangla
    'পরে চ্যানেল কর্তৃপক্ষ জানায়, তাদের অ্যাকাউন্ট হ্যাক করে এআই প্রযুক্তির অপব্যবহারে তৈরি ভুয়া ছবি ও ভিডিও প্রকাশ করা হয়েছে। অ্যাকাউন্ট পুনরুদ্ধার করে সেসব সরিয়ে ফেলা হয়েছে বলেও জানায় প্রতিষ্ঠানটি।'; 'মাছরাঙা কর্তৃপক্ষও এ ঘটনায় দুঃখ প্রকাশ করেছে এবং আইনি পদক্ষেপ নেওয়ার কথা জানিয়েছে।'
  • dhakafiles.com(opens in new tab) supports · Bangla
    'অবশেষে গতকাল সন্ধ্যায় বিটিআরসি, সিআইডি এবং বনানী থানার সহায়তায় অ্যাকাউন্ট পুনরুদ্ধার ও সব আপত্তিকর ভিডিও সরিয়ে নেওয়ার কথা আনুষ্ঠানিকভাবে জানায় মাছরাঙা টেলিভিশন কর্তৃপক্ষ। একই সঙ্গে অনিচ্ছাকৃত এমন বিভ্রান্তির জন্য দুঃখ প্রকাশ করা হয়।'
Disputed Dhaka Files reports doubts about the hack claim, because routine news posts continued from the account during the period and the channel acted late.

Causal attribution. Dhaka Files' own observation of the account and of online reaction; it disputes the channel's account of how the videos came to be posted, not the face-swap finding.

  • dhakafiles.com(opens in new tab) supports · Bangla
    'তবে অ্যাকাউন্ট হ্যাকের দাবি সত্ত্বেও পৃষ্ঠার নিয়মিত সংবাদ প্রকাশ অব্যাহত থাকা এবং দেরিতে পদক্ষেপ নেওয়াকে কেন্দ্র করে তৈরি হয়েছে নানা ধোঁয়াশা।'
Reported On 15 October one of the actresses wrote on her Facebook page that making false and fabricated content in someone's name with AI and spreading it to demean them is not entertainment but a crime.

Causal attribution. The actress's own post as quoted by Prothom Alo; the post itself was not read.

  • prothomalo.com(opens in new tab) supports · Bangla
    'পোস্টের শুরুতেই তিনি লিখেছেন, ‘এআই ব্যবহার করে কারও নামে মিথ্যা ও বানোয়াট কনটেন্ট তৈরি করা এবং কাউকে হেয় করার উদ্দেশ্যে তা ছড়িয়ে দেওয়া কোনো বিনোদন নয়। এটি একটি অপরাধ।’'

Sources

2 sources inspected. Sources that repeat one account do not corroborate each other.

How the sources were read, and where the events happened

Read in Bengali by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-10-16 and translated by the research agent (an AI) into English; no human translator or reviewer was involved. Prothom Alo entertainment report, 15 October 2026 (11:30 BST), relaying the channel's statement, the Rumor Scanner fact-check and the actress's Facebook post; HTTP 200. Applies to s1.

Read in Bengali by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-10-16 and translated by the research agent (an AI) into English; no human translator or reviewer was involved. Dhaka Files entertainment report, 14 October 2026, with its own account of the posting, deletion and hack-claim doubts and a relay of the Rumor Scanner fact-check; HTTP 200. Applies to s2.

Event countries: Bangladesh. Affected-person countries: Bangladesh. Court countries: Unknown.

Both outlets describe the posting on the Instagram account of a Bangladeshi private television channel and the account recovery with Bangladeshi bodies (BTRC, CID, Banani police station); the actresses are described as two of the country's leading actresses (Dhaka Files). No court proceeding is reported.

Reviewed for publication 2026-10-16: Published as a core case (depicted_or_impersonated): a fact-checker that examined the videos found that face-swap technology placed two actresses' faces onto adult videos, and the channel that posted them says the material was AI-made. The actresses are not named; the hack claim is recorded as disputed.

People described

Two adult Bangladeshi actresses whose faces were placed onto sexual videos posted from a television channel's Instagram account

People reported harmed in this case

2 people

0 AI participants · 2 other people harmed

Prothom Alo and Dhaka Files relay Rumor Scanner's finding that the two actresses' faces were placed onto the videos (Prothom Alo: 'দুই অভিনেত্রীর মুখ বসিয়ে'). The roughly 400,000 views are an audience figure and are not counted.

Counted once within this case. The same person may appear in other cases. This count does not establish AI causation.

Tags

#face_swap#sexual_deepfake#instagram#television_channel#fact_check#bangladesh

Cite this case

Compiled per our published methodology: verification statuses, sourcing standards, and corrections process.

APA

NOPE. (2026). Bangladesh: fact-checker says face-swap AI put two actresses' faces on adult videos posted from a TV channel's Instagram account, which says it was hacked. AI incidents. https://nope.net/incidents/2026-bangladesh-tv-channel-instagram-face-swap-sexual-videos-of-two-actresses-fact-checker-says-ai

BibTeX

@misc{2026_bangladesh_tv_channel_instagram_face_swap_sexual_videos_of_two_actresses_fact_checker_says_ai,
  title = {Bangladesh: fact-checker says face-swap AI put two actresses' faces on adult videos posted from a TV channel's Instagram account, which says it was hacked},
  author = {NOPE},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {AI incidents},
  url = {https://nope.net/incidents/2026-bangladesh-tv-channel-instagram-face-swap-sexual-videos-of-two-actresses-fact-checker-says-ai}
}

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