[karoloydi]

When they asked for the proof of destruction (photo) of the SSD, did they also request for the serial number to be clearly visible In the Image?

Yes, both pictures.

I basically used the same picture, but removed the background (carpet) and put it on a different background (wooden floor), then rotated a bit and changed the Gaussian blur settings as well to make it look like a different picture. I don't think they checked the pictures very well, cause I forgot to remove the metadata from original picture (it showed made with photoshop). I only removed from edited picture.

To make the proof of destruction, I found a picture of drilled hole on a black motherboard (same color as my nvme ssd) and copied the hole to the picture I had downloaded from ebay. Google photoshop dust particle brush. That's what made the picture really realistic, as when you drill a hole, you have lots of dust created around the hole. Use the same color as the hole for the particles.