{"id":227335,"date":"2019-06-25T16:50:32","date_gmt":"2019-06-25T11:50:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/?p=227335"},"modified":"2019-06-25T16:50:32","modified_gmt":"2019-06-25T11:50:32","slug":"myth-busted-this-viral-picture-does-not-depict-imran-khans-bani-gala-mansion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/myth-busted-this-viral-picture-does-not-depict-imran-khans-bani-gala-mansion\/","title":{"rendered":"Myth Busted: This Viral Picture Does Not Depict Imran Khan’s Bani Gala Mansion"},"content":{"rendered":"

A photograph of a large mansion is making rounds on social media. The picture is supposed to be of \u201cImran Khan\u2019s house in Bani Gala\u201d. Turns out it’s not his mansion at all.<\/p>\n

Whoever posted the photograph is making false claims. That is not the Pakistani Prime Minister’s private residence in Bani Gala.<\/p>\n

The image actually features an estate in the United States owned by the late shoe designer Vince Camuto.<\/p>\n

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Anatomy of a Fake News<\/h3>\n

It seems that this viral news first started making the rounds on Facebook, seeping over onto Twitter. One said misleading Facebook post was shared on May 28, 2019.<\/p>\n

It was shared over a 100 times and is captioned,\u00a0\u201cImran Khan\u2019s house in Bani Gala<\/em>\u201d.<\/p>\n

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Facebook post claims shoe designer Vince Camuto’s US estate is ‘Imran Khan’s Bani Gala mansion’<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The post adds in Urdu;<\/p>\n

\u201cPakistan duniya ka wahid mulk hai jahan chanda daine wale 2 marla kay makan mein, jabk chanda lainey wala 400 kanal k mahal mein rehta hai<\/em>, (Pakistan is the only country in the world where those who donate money live in a 2 marla house, while the one who takes donations lives in 400 kanal palace).\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Calling Out False Claims<\/h3>\n

According to Forbes magazine though, that estate belongs to the late shoe designer Vince Camuto.<\/p>\n

The Villa Maria<\/em> is located in The Hamptons,<\/strong> a wealthy part of Long Island in the United States state of New York.<\/p>\n

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Vince Camuto Villa Maria estate in The Hamptons, NY \/ Source: Forbes<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It’s safe to say that Forbes verified their information before publishing the picture of the 72 million dollar estate in Water Mill.<\/p>\n

Vince Camuto’s Villa Maria<\/h3>\n

The estate was sold in 2018 in two separate transactions. One buyer paid about 36 million dollars for the main house and an adjacent parcel of land, comprising a total of about 11 acres.<\/p>\n

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Villa Maria’s living room<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Villa Maria’s 20,000-square-foot main house, which took five years to grow to that size, also has a chef’s kitchen.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

While the other buyer paid about 13 million dollars for a couple of other parcels of land attached to the property.<\/p>\n

Villa Maria has 11 bedrooms and 12 bathrooms, as well as a separate powder room. The master suite alone has six rooms.<\/p>\n

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It features heated limestone floors, a three-story spiraling staircase, a library with a domed atrium, an adjacent carriage house, a spa and a media loft with a fireplace and a cathedral ceiling.<\/p>\n

Outside, there\u2019s a heated pool and two pool pavilions, an all weather<\/p>\n

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Villa Maria’s heated pool<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

tennis court, and a two-bedroom guest house or cottage house.<\/p>\n

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Villa Maria’s allweather tennis court<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Villa Maria also enjoys 1,100 feet of waterfront on Mecox Bay.<\/p>\n

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Vince Camuto’s Villa Maria view over Mecox bay<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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