The VCE exam body has apologised and promised no students will be disadvantaged after a doctored image depicting a giant robot assisting socialist revolutionaries in 1917 was accidentally used in a history exam.
The VCAA said students would "not be penalised" for discussing the gigantic robot.

"We will monitor students' responses and our chief assessor will review any responses which refer to, or are affected by the altered part of the image," the VCAA said.