Directions: Given below is a passage followed by a question. Select the option that best answers the question.

Passage:  An interesting case was put forward by a high school student, who accused that the painting they saw in a museum during an educational visit was a fake and couldn’t have been painted by the said artist. When asked for an explanation, the student thoroughly elucidated his theory based on the timeline. The painting portrayed the exact view of the city’s heritage street market and the student observed that the electric pole that was drawn in the painting was erected on the site long after the death of the artist, so it could not have been painted by him.

Which of the following, if true, most weakens the student’s claim?