People think I stole a picture

So, earlier, I took this picture >>315600 and used MSpaint to edit the bees out of it >>359570
 
But apparently there was already a beeless version (not on Derpibooru for whatever reason), and now I’m being labeled as an art thief.
 
wat do

This would be better in the Site and Policy part of the forums, I think.

Right. moving it there.

Upload/ask artist to upload original beeless version. Once done, report your edit for deletion. That should convince folks you were being honest about not knowing it. Not to mention you already gave credit to the original artist and linked to their version. Frankly, sounds like a storm in a glass of water to me.

Stealing art isn’t against the site’s rules, so it doesn’t even matter.