A Pennsylvania governor has Photoshopped a black woman into his campaign picture.

Tom Corbett, who is fighting for re-election, has struggled to court minority voters in the past.

Last year he was forced to apologize after telling editors of Al Dia newspaper he didn't have any Latino cabinet members - adding 'if you can find us one, please let us know'.

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Photoshopped: Tom Corbett uses this image of jovial voters across every page of his campaign website

Close up: It has emerged this ecstatic African American woman was not in fact beaming at Corbett's policies

Now it has emerged the image of a black woman beaming over Corbett's shoulder is in fact a fake.

In an investigation by Buzzfeed's Andrew Kaczynski, the same picture of the woman was found on a stock image website.

Her shirt color has been tinted and the image has been flipped.

But in the posed photograph - titled Financial Advisor Talking To Senior Couple At Home - her expression is identical.

Original: This is the stock image which was flipped, tinted, and cut into the picture Corbett now uses

Not so similar: The woman, a professional stock model, was pretending to be excited about financial advice

The news, which is sweeping social media sites, will come as a blow to Corbett's campaign as he struggles to make up a deficit of 15 points against Democrat Tom Wolf.

Last night, the campaign team told Buzzfeed that the entire image strapped across every page of his website is fabricated.

A spokesman told MailOnline: 'This is another attempt by Tom Wolf to deflect attention from his proposed 188 percent tax increase on middle class families and businesses.

'Governor Corbett has a strong record of inclusion, while our opponent, Tom Wolf, was even criticized by members of his own party for his ties serving as the campaign chairman for a candidate that Wolf knew was an admitted racist arrested for murder, in addition to yelling 'white power!' and handing out ammunition at a race riot.'

Flipped: The news will come as an embarrassment to Corbett as he fights a tough re-election campaign battle