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There have been many threads on this, and many people believe that the moon photos are real (inputmag) - even MKBHD has claimed in this popular youtube short that the moon is not an overlay, like Huawei has been accused of in the past. But he's not correct. So, while many have tried to prove that Samsung fakes the moon shots, I think nobody succeeded - until now.
WHAT I DID
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I downloaded this high-res image of the moon from the internet - https://imgur.com/PIAjVKp
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I downsized it to 170x170 pixels and applied a gaussian blur, so that all the detail is GONE. This means it's not recoverable, the information is just not there, it's digitally blurred: https://imgur.com/xEyLajW
And a 4x upscaled version so that you can better appreciate the blur: https://imgur.com/3STX9mZ
3) I full-screened the image on my monitor (showing it at 170x170 pixels, blurred), moved to the other end of the room, and turned off all the lights. Zoomed into the monitor and voila - https://imgur.com/ifIHr3S
4) This is the image I got - https://imgur.com/bXJOZgI
Walking across the thin line between computational photography and image (re)creation.
I suggest that photographers using AI software for upscaling and cleaning pictures (such as Topaz Photo AI) explicitly mention it.