as far as i know you are not alowed to put it next to a image. Since there are conficting answers why not ask in the adsense forum itself they will give you the exact answer for it.
This is why: "Wij verzoeken onze uitgevers om Google advertenties en afbeeldingen niet zodanig bij elkaar te plaatsen dat er een verband tussen de afbeeldingen en de advertenties gesuggerreerd wordt. Wanneer bezoekers de indruk hebben dat de afbeeldingen en advertenties bij elkaar horen, of de adverteerder het afgebeelde object zou aanbieden, vinden zij na het klikken op de advertentie niet hetgeen zij verwachtten. Dit resulteert in een slechte gebruikerservaring voor zowel de bezoekers als de adverteerders." http://adsense-nl.blogspot.com/2006/12/advertenties-afbeeldingen.html In English: People click on the text/images because they think it has something to do with the image. So, it's forbidden. Get it?
It shouldnt be the problem but it depend on google judgement. Therefore, i will suggest you move either move the image or ads down to make them vertical. Or make the content up abit, mean some words appear in between the ads and the image
I believe it against their T&C, IMHO its probably best to remove it and then seek clarification from Google
It is against the AdSense TOS. It is not allowed to place image next to the AdSense Ads because this will encourage people to click on the AdSense Ads.
Its doubtful and more than 501% is against TOS, no one is allowed to put ads next to the image. So use ads on the image place, and put image any where down in content
Unfortunately, this placement is against the adsense TOS. However, I see a lot of people doing this and not get banned. It is against Adsense TOS because visitors "might" think the picture has something to do with the ad.