Meta has issued an apology after a translation error on Facebook falsely implied that India’s Chief Minister Siddaramaiah had died.

The mistake occurred on Tuesday when Siddaramaiah’s official Facebook page posted a tribute to veteran Kannada actress B Saroja Devi.

Meta’s automatic Kannada-to-English translation system rendered the post as saying, “Chief Minister Siddaramaiah passed away yesterday multilingual star, senior actress B Took darshan of Sarojadevi’s earthly body and paid his last respects,” according to a Times of India report.

Kannada, the official language of Karnataka, is also one of India’s 22 constitutionally recognised languages.

The error was brought to light on Wednesday by Siddaramaiah’s team, who described the translations as “frequently inaccurate” and “grossly misleading.”