<p>Officials in China's Anhui province have apologised for this doctored photograph, showing a ghostly vice-mayor minus his legs looming over a miniaturised senior citizen. Photograph: Ningguo Civil Affairs Department</p><p>With an eery floating head and torso looming above a doll-sized figure, it could be a still from a supernatural movie. Instead the image now spreading far and wide is another spectacular Photoshop fail for Chinese officialdom.</p><p>The comically inept piece of doctoring, published by the government of Ningguo in Anhui province, was intended to show the concern of vice-mayor Wang Hun and other officials as they visited an old lady in the city.</p><p>But authorities deleted it, apologised and ordered an employee to write a self-criticism after they were deluged with mockery by internet users.</p><p><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/30/chinese-officials-new-photoshop-fail">Keep reading...</a></p><p>Read also:</p><p><a href="http://blog.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2013/10/29/another_massive_photoshop_fail_in_china_0">FP Passport: Another Massive Photoshop Fail in China</a> (Foreign Policy (blog))</p><p><a href="http://shanghaiist.com/2013/10/30/anhui_officials_star_in_chinas_wors.php">Photo of the Day: Anhui officials star in China's worst Photoshop ever</a> (Shanghaiist)</p><p>Explore: <a href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dqFKmR0oqGtReaMH4vf8nXZJd6Q_M&ned=us">8 additional articles.</a></p>
