Richard Wilkins informed that lawyers advised him to sell his house in order to combat the circulation of viral ‘arrest photos’

Richard Wilkins has opened up about his latest encounter with AI scammers.

The Today star said there was a doctored photo of himself doing the rounds on social media showing him being arrested in London.

After explaining that this is not the first time his image has been used in ‘deep fakes’ on the internet, the 69-year-old said he’s starting to get calls from concerned friends who didn’t realise the picture was bogus.

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‘Someone called me the other day and said, ”you’ve now been arrested in a park in London,” he said during an interview on Nine’s Talking Honey.

‘It looked[the photo] so real too,’ he added.

Richard Wilkins (pictured) has opened up about his latest encounter with AI scammers

The veteran showbiz reporter then said his son Christian knew how to manage any public confusion over the fake ‘arrest’ pic.  

He said Christian had joked that the fake pic could not be Richard because it was missing the star’s trademark image:

”’You know this isn’t dad, dad would never been seen out without wearing his skinny jeans”,’ Richard said, quoting his son.

He then shared that after consulting with legal experts, he admitted that there was  little he could do to stop the ‘deep fakes’.

‘They [the lawyers] said you can sell your house, give us all your money,’ he said. 

The Today star said there was a doctored photo of himself doing the rounds on social media showing him being arrested in London. The fake image is pictured 

‘And we’ll start playing whack-a-mole because we’ll get rid of one and others will pop up.’

Elsewhere in the interview Wilkins related how he came close to becoming victim to credit card scammers.

It comes after a doctored image of Wilkins being led away by police, started circulating the internet in August, with one X user reposting it and asking ‘What even ARE these ads anymore?’

Below the image were the words ‘His Career Ended’.

It’s not the first time false images of Wilkins’ ‘arrest’ have been spotted on social media, with the entertainment reporter calling out a viral Facebook post earlier this year.

In that instance, the Channel Nine presenter was seen being handcuffed by three cops in a viral image that was either Photoshopped or generated using artificial intelligence.

After consulting with legal experts, Richard admitted that there was little he could do to stop the ‘deep fakes’. ‘[The lawyers] said you can sell your house, give us all your money,’ he said