Some on social media claim a centuries-old sculpture is further evidence of a debunked modern-day conspiracy theory.
"Nothing has changed," reads text on an Aug. 29, 2021, Facebook post, overlaid on the image of a sculpture depicting a child being stabbed by a group of men. "Adrenochrome: A habbit (sic) set in stone."
Numerous duplicates of the claim exist online, one of which received more than 300 likes and almost 200 shares before being deleted after USA TODAY reached out for comment.
But the claim is based on false premises. The artwork shows Simon of Trent, whose death was falsely blamed on the town's Jewish population. It's an example of long-running "blood libel" against Jews. The QAnon claim that Hollywood and political elites harvest adrenochrome from children's blood is baseless.
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USA TODAY reached out to Facebook pages that shared the claim for comment.
Adrenochrome is a chemical produced by the oxidation of adrenaline, according to a description from PubChem, a database of chemical molecules maintained by the National Center for Biotechnology Information.
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