The Ears Have It: Putin's Possible Use of Body Double Examined.

Claims that Russian leader Vladimir Putin uses body doubles for public appearances have resurfaced after a surprise visit to occupied areas of Ukraine. Skeptics believe his doubles have had surgery to look like him and point to his ears as proof. While the use of political decoys is not new, ears have been used by forensic scientists to identify suspects of crime since the 1950s. The theory of Putin using body doubles is one of the more unusual conspiracy theories, but advances in 3D scanning technology make it possible to identify someone by the measurements of their ear with 99.6% accuracy in just 0.02 milliseconds.