AI generated image of French dealership, Jacques Bertin, saying Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s wife, Olena Zelenska, bought $4.4M Bugatti Tourbillon from Groupe Schumacher in Paris

In December 2022, social media customers reported that in a go to to Paris, the Ukrainian first girl undertook an costly purchasing journey during which she splashed out $42,500, a declare that was debunked.

This week’s doubtful declare reportedly started with the French-language web site Verité Cachée (Hidden Reality), which reported the Ukrainian president and his spouse had been given a non-public presentation of the automobile throughout their journey to France in early June in the course of the commemorations for the eightieth anniversary of the D-Day landings.

The web site additionally shared a purported bill and a video with Jacques Bertin, an worker of the Bugatti dealership in Paris, who allegedly offered the automotive to Olena Zelenska for €4.4 million. The video has been debunked as a deep pretend, whereas the receipt has been dubbed pretend—famous by typos and lacking info together with value-added taxes (VAT), that are widespread for such gross sales.