Fact Check: Russian artist's artwork on Lord Krishna shared as painting from Panjshir Palace in Afghanistan

India Today Anti Fake News War Room (AFWA) has found that this painting has no connection to Panjshir or Afghanistan. This painting is the artwork of a Russian artist, who’s an ISKCON devotee. 

A painting of Lord Krishna and the five Pandavas has gone viral on social media with the claim that it still exists inside the Panjshir Palace in present-day Afghanistan.

Several Facebook users have posted this photo with caption, “This painting exists (don't know for how many days more) in the Panjsheer Palace in the erstwhile Gandhara kingdom of Mahabharata time, the present-day Afghanistan. (sic)”