A Delhi resident has claimed that he discovered a fake Rs 500 note while visiting a State Bank of India (SBI) branch in Uttam Nagar. According to his post on Reddit, a customer went to deposit a bundle of Rs 500 notes at the SBI branch. “When the stack was being counted in the machine, it beeped and the cashier said that it’s a fake note," he wrote on Reddit.

Curious, he took a closer look and was surprised at how authentic the counterfeit appeared. “I took it from them to see and it was exactly like the original one, just the reflection of Gandhi was cartoonish," the post read.

He said the fake note was difficult to identify at a glance, adding, “The photo is taken in reflection so it’s not that it can be seen easily you have to see carefully."

“This was near Uttam Nagar. People near t

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