A zoo in China has admitted its star attraction, two so-called pandas, are just painted dogs. The fluffy Chow Chow dogs painted to resemble the country’s beloved national animal were seen in a video shot by a visitor to the zoo in southern Guangdong province.

A Chinese zoo exhibit is raising controversy online after a video showed a pair of dogs with their fur colored to look like pandas.

A Chinese zoo has come under fire after admitting that it disguised huge dogs as “pandas.” It was recently discovered that the zoo was duping visitors by painting Chow Chows white and black to make them look like pandas.