Find out the Facts behind this claim of a 146-year-old Indonesian, claiming to be the oldest living person!

Advances in healthcare, medicines and various other factors have increased human life expectancy gradually over the past couple of centuries. However, only a handful of individuals make it past 100 years of age.

Therefore, stories of people living long years often get viral among social media users. However, the Factcrescendo Sri Lanka team found the posts of a person celebrating his 146-year birthday to be misleading.

Let’s look at the claim first.

Social Media Posts

Social media posts with images depicting an older person's birthday celebration claimed that the incident was the celebration of his 146^th birthday, as seen below.

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Users commented on it also.

Several other users shared the same post, and many assumed it was an actual incident.

Fact Check

At first, we did a reverse image search and discovered that the person shown in the photo collection, Mbah Goto, had unfortunately passed away in 2017. Reports of the death of this individual, Mbah Goto, can be read here and here. So, it’s clear that the photos are not related to a recent birthday celebration.

At the time of death, this Indonesian senior was believed to be 146 years old, even though the exact details of the person's birthday have not been verified. Mbah Goto is said to have celebrated his 146^th birthday in December 2016 with his family members; details about it can be read here and here | Archived & Archived, and the viral photo collection from social media included photos from this occasion.

A video recorded when Mbah Goto was alive can be watched below.

Guinness World Records Book Has NOT listed Mbah Goto as the oldest person

However, The Guinness World Record Book was unwilling to accept that Mbah Goto was 146 years at the moment of his death due to the unreliability of his birthday-related documents. Details about this can be read here. Archived.

According to Guinness World Records Book, the oldest person who lived in known history is Louise Calment, France, and she died in 1997 at the age of 122. Details about this can be read here Archived

Also, Guinness World Records list this 118-year-old Japanese woman as the oldest person alive.

Furthermore, according to an analysis by the University of Washington in the US, the probability of a person living beyond the age of 135 in this century is improbable.

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Conclusion

Our investigation revealed that the older person in the photos, Mbah Goto, had passed away in 2017 in Indonesia. According to certain sources, he was 146 years old at the moment of death, making him the oldest person in the world in known history.

However, due to unreliability in birth records, the Guinness world record book does not recognize Mbah Goto as the longest-lived individual in history. Furthermore, according to an analysis by the University of Washington in the US, the probability of a person living beyond the age of 135 in this century is improbable.