[Math] NP-hardness of a graph partition problem

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I'm interested in this problem: Given an undirected graph $G(E, V)$, Is there a partition of $G$ into graphs $G_1(E_1, V_1)$ and $G_2(E_2, V_2)$ such that $G_1$ and $G_2$ are isomorphic? Here $E$ is partitioned into two disjoint sets $E_1$ and $E_2$. Sets $V_1$ and $V_2$ are not necessarily disjoint. $E1∪E2=E$ and $V1∪V2=V$.

This problem is at least as hard as Graph Isomorphism Problem. I guess it is harder than Graph Isomorphism but not NP-hard.

Is this partition problem $NP$-hard?

I posted it on CS theory without any answer.

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My answer to the same question posted in cstheory got accepted by the OP, it's here: https://cstheory.stackexchange.com/a/10528/168

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