AS far as Photoshop failures go, this is pretty epic.

It seems China is under the Photoshop failure spotlight again - this time for superimposing four officials hovering over a tiny old lady.

The picture, which was originally posted on Ningguo's Civil Affairs department website, shows four officials, including the city's Deputy Mayor Wang Jun, and head of Ningguo's civil affairs bureau Yu Anlin, visiting 103-year old Cheng Yanchun at home.

Nice of them to call, but their good deed went unrewarded after the poorly edited picture, which has since been removed, went viral.

In the picture, the officials look massive while Mrs Cheng looks smaller than a child.

To make matters worse, one of the mens' legs haven't even been properly erased giving the impression they are floating above her.

Um, first rule, don't Photoshop photos (badly)>> Anhui city admits to manipulating official's photo http://t.co/PhWxqquwTW — Neil Levine (@neilclevine) October 30, 2013

My "Photoshop of the week" goes to the government department in Anhui province in China for putting out this gem... pic.twitter.com/uYVfU5sLxW — Matt Jasper (@Matt_Jasper) October 30, 2013

"The leaders are too busy to be present at publicity stunt", one person commented on Twitter, while other web users called for the use of more professional Photoshop skills, Hug China reported.

Chinese government officials later admitted to doctoring the picture but say the men did indeed visit Mrs Cheng's home on October 11.

A departmental official said it had to manipulate the photo because of "issues with the photo's angle", according to the People's Daily.

It wouldn't be the first time China has been mocked for its Photoshop failures.

Zhejiang Hangzhou Yuhang local government left themselves open for ridicule in May last year after publishing pictures on their website of officials "floating" over a new landscaping project.

The terrible quality of the work saw one man's legs blended into the bushes so it looked like he was partly buried in the ground.

The year before another picture went viral after the Huili County website showed a picture of officials inspecting a newly completed highway.

But the men looked as if they were hovering on the road and the picture went on to spark a host of memes.

At least China isn't alone in faking it when it comes to official government photos.

North Korea has gained a reputation for bad Photoshop failures as well.

Just last October, the secretive state was caught faking it when leader Kim Jong-un and his staff were superimposed at a new children's hospital under construction in Pyongyang.

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