Fact Check: Video claiming counterfeit Indian currency notes being printed in Pakistan is misleading
A video showing a few men printing currency notes looking exactly like Rs 50 rupee and Rs 200 notes, is being shared virally on social media platforms with a caption in Hindi claiming it to be a small-scale industry in Pakistan.
A video showing a few men printing currency notes looking exactly like Rs 50 rupee and Rs 200 notes, is being shared virally on social media platforms with a caption in Hindi claiming it to be a small-scale industry in Pakistan. The person in the video can be seen packing the notes into bundles and stacking the bundles. We can see the printing machine also in the video. The caption claims that the persons are manufacturing counterfeit Indian currency in Pakistan.
The caption in Hindi goes as “Small-scale industry in Pakistan: इस वीडियो को सबको भे
We also found that this video is viral with the same claim since 2018.
The video is also viral on WhatsApp.
Fact Check:
The claim that the video shows counterfeit currency production in Pakistan is false. The notes produced here are used for children's games.
When observed carefully, we could see that the notes had “Bharatiya Children’s Bank” written on them instead of “Reserve Bank of India” in Hindi and also “Manoranjan Bank of India” in English.
The notes are not carrying the rupee symbol in front of the value printed. The original notes have the rupee symbol compulsorily on them. Here is the comparison.
When searched, we found a NDTV report from Delhi, where an ATM dispensed a Rs 2,000 note with Children Bank of India and Manoranjan Bank printed on it. This report was published in March 2017.
Another report by Times of India also reported about Children’s Bank of India currency notes in Kolkata in November, 2022. The report also states that these notes are in circulation across the country for the last five years.
We also found that similar dummy notes are on sale on e-commerce sites like Amazon and are meant for kids' play.
Several fact-check organizations also debunked the video over the past few years.
Therefore, the video does not show the production of counterfeit Indian currency in Pakistan. It shows the production of dummy currency notes for children’s play. The claim is false.