When indigenous artist Danny Eastwood discovered his painting of Uluru had been stolen and distributed by opponents to the Indigenous Voice to Parliament, he was furious.
His artwork, which depicts the sun radiating behind the sacred red rock while a pair of kangaroos bounce across the desert, has become embroiled in an investigation by the election watchdog.
"I feel disgusted," the Gadigal elder said.
"It's not just the painting, [Uluru is] an icon … they've taken a very sacred place to Aboriginals all over Australia and put graffiti on it."
ABC Investigations has found digitally altered versions of Mr Eastwood's painting with the words "VOTE NO" superimposed over Uluru on two anonymous anti-Voice printouts, a pamphlet and a flyer, being distributed across the country.
The image has been shared by far-right channels or accounts across Telegram and Facebook.
The photoshopped image has also been accompanied by false and unfounded claims about the Yes campaign, such as that it was proposing a race-based tax and that the Voice to Parliament was a "globalist" conspiracy.
The Australian Electoral Commission (AEC), which oversees federal elections and national referendums, said it is investigating the flyers because it did not appear to comply with campaign rules that require referendum material to publish an authorisation about who created it.
Mr Eastwood said the altered painting was particularly offensive because the words "Vote No" were written in a style that mimicked...
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