(NEXSTAR) – Shein, an online fast-fashion retailer, has removed a listing for a men’s short-sleeve shirt after discovering that a third-party vendor was using Luigi Mangione’s likeness to move the merchandise.

The product listing, which is no longer active, featured an image that appeared to show a man resembling Mangione modeling a “Men's New Spring/Summer Short Sleeve Blue Ditsy Floral White Shirt,” according to an archive of the Shein website. It was unclear how the image was created; users on social media have speculated that the image of the "model" was AI-generated.

A representative for Shein did not say how they believed the image was created.

“The image in question was provided by a third-party vendor and was removed immediately upon discovery,” a Shein spokesperson wrote in a s

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