A shirtless photo of Zayn Malik has some of his fans convinced the pop star has cheated on girlfriend Gigi Hadid.

On Sunday night, a fan Twitter account dedicated to the former One Direction member, 23, posted an “#Unseen” photo of a shirtless Malik sitting at a kitchen counter playing an acoustic guitar.

While the candid snapshot may not have seemed that different from the other hundreds, if not thousands, of images of Malik online – cigarettes, rolling papers and gun-shaped lighter, aside – things soon took a turn for the salacious.

Shortly after the image was posted, a woman tweeting as @lilpochaco claimed the photo had been leaked without her permission. “if u gonna expose my business go on and expose all of it uno,” she tweeted. “i dont need some other bitch getting credit for my life.”

It’s at that point Twitter user @exposezaynmalik posted a series of screenshots of alleged direct messages between Malik and @lilpochaco — with her permission this time. But not before calling out the Malik fan account for not crediting @lilpochaco for the image of the singer playing the guitar.

In the messages, someone purporting to be the singer clumsily flirts with @lilpochaco, asking for her number, inviting her over, telling her she’s gorgeous and fumbling in an attempt to wish her goodnight.

According to the time stamps visible in the screen grabs, the DMs were exchanged between April and June of this year, a period when Malik and Hadid, 21, were dating. The singer and model have been a linked together romantically since last November.

As Oh No They Didn’t pointed out on Monday, fans have been arguing about the veracity of the alleged messages since they were released, with some calling them fake while others argue that they’re proof — in this case “receipts” — that the singer stepped out on his girlfriend.

During that time, @lilpochaco has not backed down from her role in the story.

Meanwhile, other fans wondered if Zayn could even be guilty of cheating on Hadid, due to a long standing rumor the couple’s relationship is a publicity stunt.

Adding to the palace intrigue, and highlighting just how ridiculous rumors and conspiracies surrounding former-and-current One Direction members can be, others wondered if the entire scandal was actually maniacal workings of Malik’s rival Harry Styles‘ most rabid fans.