Images of what appears to be a rupee note of 1000 denomination, have gone viral on social media. It has been claimed that this new currency note has been launched by the RBI. The two images supposedly represent the obverse and reverse side of the currency note.
New Rs. 1000 note released today by RBI. pic.twitter.com/bwrheTnNjn
— Digvijaysinh Parmar 🇮🇳 (@imdigvijaysinh) October 16, 2019
On Facebook, several individual users have posted these images with the identical claim. The 1000 rupee currency note had been discontinued by the government following the announcement of demonetization in November 2016.
Alt News also received requests for verification of these images on it official Android application.
FACT-CHECK
A close look at the image reveals that it is merely an artistic creation, and NOT representative of a new currency note launched by the RBI. There are two key giveaways.
1. On the right side of the image, the words ‘artistic imagination’ can be seen. This itself confirms that the image is an artistic creation.
2. Below the words ‘artistic imagination’, the ‘note’ bears the signature of not the RBI governor, but M K Gandhi.
Moreover, Alt News checked the ‘notifications’ and ‘press releases’ section of the website of the RBI, and found that there has been no communication from the central bank regarding the same.
Alt News found these images had been uploaded on YouTube as early as February 2019.
It may be noted that the RBI has NOT introduced a new currency note of 1000 denomination. The image circulated on social media is an artistic creation. This was fact-checked earlier by SMHoaxSlayer and Boom.
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