diff --git a/web/libs/editor/src/hooks/useRegionsCopyPaste.ts b/web/libs/editor/src/hooks/useRegionsCopyPaste.ts
index e3cd733db94b..315f25433850 100644
--- a/web/libs/editor/src/hooks/useRegionsCopyPaste.ts
+++ b/web/libs/editor/src/hooks/useRegionsCopyPaste.ts
@@ -40,6 +40,15 @@ export const useRegionsCopyPaste = (entity: any) => {
           return { ...res, readonly: false };
         });
 
+        // if user selected another image, we should paste in the current
+        // image, not the one they copied from
+        for (const result of results) {
+          const target = entity.names.get(result.to_name);
+          if (target.isMultiItem) {
+            result.item_index = target.currentItemIndex;
+          }
+        }
+
         entity.appendResults(results);
         ev.preventDefault();
       } catch (e) {