HE MAY have a lot of unusual hobbies but riding around in a phallic motorcade is not one of them.

This week an image purporting to be of Russian President Vladimir Putin rolling into the APEC summit has been doing the rounds online.

It was initially posted on Reddit with the caption “flying D” and has been tweeted many times in a bid to poke fun at the Russian President and his macho image.

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Vladimir Putin’s Motorcade As Seen From The Air. http://t.co/xHvPScyQ6p pic.twitter.com/hSWR7ON9yr — The Poke (@ThePoke) November 11, 2014

Unfortunately, the photo isn’t real. As Buzzfeed originally reported, it’s actually a 2012 image of Putin’s motorcade filmed in Russia which has been Photoshopped.

There are even other versions of it doing the rounds online.

Putin's motorcade is really making a bold statement pic.twitter.com/s2PsMUGE1p — Reid Parker (@ReidParker_) November 9, 2014

The Russian President is due to touch down in Brisbane this week for the G20 conference after meeting with Prime Minister Tony Abbott at APEC in a tense clash over MH17.

His official motorcade arrived yesterday in a Russian cargo plane filled with special vehicles that will carry him around.

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