Spot the doctored photo

You can't believe everything you see when it comes to photographs. But can you spot when images have been altered?

Doctoring photos to massage the truth was once the preserve of Stalin, but now everyone's doing it.

The Beatles' famous Abbey Road LP cover has been altered in America to remove Paul McCartney's cigarette, while Kate Winslet's curves were digitally flattened out in GQ.

Can you spot when picture editors are trying to pull the wool over your eyes? Which of the following images have had people or things removed, added or altered?

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1.

Which is the real Kate Winslet?

2.

Was Sir Richard Branson really skinny-dipping?

3.

Is Chancellor Schroeder just mocking Basil Fawlty?

4.

Is that really PM Tony Blair at the bar?

5.

Is there something wrong with Cindy Crawford's face?

6.

Were Monica Lewinsky and Bill Clinton close enough to touch?

7.

Did notorious storyteller Lord Archer really meet John Lennon?

8.

Can you see President Bush in glasses?

9.

Has Labour politician Robin Cook ever shaved?

10.

Did Prince Charles put a Rasta hat where the crown will go?

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Answers:

1. The Kate Winslet image on the right has been squashed to make the actress look shorter and fatter - the opposite of how she was seen in the doctored GQ photos.

2. Sir Richard REALLY swam in the buff for an advert.

3. German Chancellor Schroeder was, of course, playing football while visiting Kabul.

4. UK Prime Minister Tony Blair REALLY was pictured at the bar of the Labour club in his Sedgefield constituency.

5. Supermodel Cindy Crawford's distinctive mole has been airbrushed off.

6. Bill and Monica were REALLY photographed together on several occasions.

7. Archer REALLY met all the Beatles during an Oxfam fundraiser.

8. President Bush REALLY does wear glasses.

9. MP Robin Cook's beard was airbrushed off by a shaving products maker after pollsters suggested clean-shaven politicians won more votes.

10. Yes, Prince Charles REALLY did wear that hat - he's down with the kids.