The photos showing rows of electric bicycles were shared here on September 5, 2022 by a Facebook account purportedly belonging to a bike shop chain called Dunia Sepeda (World of Bikes).
It has been shared more than 1,600 times.
"With fuel prices continuing to rise, we are happy to announce that we will be donating 670 electric bikes for free," reads the post's Indonesian-language caption.
"These are the ones that we cannot sell anymore because of minor scratches and damages. All bikes can still work well. So, we will send them randomly to people who successfully write their favorite colour, for example 'RED'."
Similar claims circulated in Facebook posts here, here and here, with more than 2,000 shares in total.
Some of the posts shared pictures of different people standing next to electric bikes, as shown below:
All the posts were uploaded on different Facebook accounts called "Dunia Sepeda" days after the Indonesian government increased fuel prices on September 3, 2022.
However, the claim about the electric bike giveaway is false.
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