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Is the man in this viral photo Jet Li?

Photos of a man, who many believe to be Chinese martial arts superstar Jet Li, visiting a temple in Tibet recently circulated online.

Some photos also showed the man being assisted so he could walk.

Fans of the martial arts superstar were quick to express their worry over Li’s health conditions which might have contributed to his frail state.

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The photo also resembled Li’s most recent photos on his Instagram page with the latest one taken last January 24 this year

Amid the speculation, Li’s manager, Steven Chasman, cleared the air and said the man in the photo is not the martial artist.

“It was just a bad photo of someone who is 55 years old,” Chasman said in a report in The Washington Post.

Chasman, however, confirmed that Li has been facing hyperthyroidism for ten years already but said Li is keeping up and the illness is not life-threatening.

In an earlier event last year, Li revealed he was diagnosed with an overactive thyroid in 2010. He said that although medication is helping him cope, the illness keeps coming back.

Li also said he is suffering from a heart ailment.

Some reports also claimed that Li is suffering from spinal injuries from doing risky stunts in his movies which led to Li’s doctors instructing him to stop making physically demanding movies or he “would end up in a wheelchair.”

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