The good news for the newspaper, which Ms Hanson is suing for publishing the pictures, is that Dr Sutisno is convinced the photos are not doctored. She is convinced they are genuine images. The bad news: she is convinced they are of another woman.

At first glance, she concedes, the young woman is strikingly like the Ms Hanson of today, a candidate in Saturday's Queensland election. That is particularly so when considering the "most striking similarities in her features: the eyes and the thin lips … but that is a subjective assessment".

When Dr Sutisno subjected the photos to a more rigorous facial mapping analysis, she was left with little doubt.

"The most obvious difference is the nose. The young woman's nasal bridge is high, prominent and projecting, and more narrow. Pauline Hanson's nasal bridge is quite wide and thick." Might that not change with age? Or might Ms Hanson have had nose surgery? Perhaps, but then Dr Sutisno studied Pauline Hanson as a young child. "She already had a thick nasal bridge."

While the tip of Ms Hanson's nose was "fleshy", the other woman's was more defined and downward-pointing. "If Pauline was going to have surgery, you would think she would change her nose to make it look more like this young woman's."