❌ FAKE
An inspiring story completely fabricated by splicing together different videos from various sources accompanied by a voice over to make it stick.
The elephants shown are of varying sizes and types. It is not the same elephant throughout the video.
Here are examples highlighting this and other discrepancies:
1) The start of the video is taken from a safari park in Dubai, where African elephants reside :
https://cvc.li/LsCeb (note the fauna and flora there)
No mention is made of an elephant painting in the safari site:
https://dubaisafari.ae/african-village
At 0:45 in the video, one elephant is seen cuddling another, indicating normal playful behaviour, not bullying. Elephants like to tease each other and due to their size it can lead to awkward moments.
https://cvc.li/JFOnK
2) The painter in the video is a Thai elephant. The surrounding flora and fauna differ noticeably from those at the beginning of the video.
https://cvc.li/tZKSL
Most of all, elephants used in painting shows are not creating art independently. They are directed by their handlers, much like in a circus.
These paintings are then sold to tourists as souvenirs.
The training and trickery behind this practice are explained here:
https://cvc.li/nAbOv