The story isn’t “the state tried to fake” but rather the defense tried to get thrown out any image taken by a non analog camera as AI could have added detail where there is none.
This is what the defense actually said: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sf7xCMFBv5c
And here's the expert witness the defense brought on: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GhsbizmfMs
I watched the testimony, it was accurately characterized by the person you replied to, and it was a good argument for the defense to make.
That being said, one could interpret the top comment that way.