<p>Fake currency notes in India are not a new thing, but have you ever come across 500 rupee notes with actor Anupam Kher's image?</p><p>Yes, fake currency notes worth Rs 1.60 crore with image of Anupam Kher instead of Mahatma Gandhi have been seized in Gujarat by Ahmedabad Police, according to a <a href="https://x.com/tv9gujarati/status/1840263037615542417">report </a>by <em>TV9 Gujarati</em>.</p>.In a first, cops seize fake currency notes printed by Naxalites in Chhattisgarh.<p>Also, the notes have 'Resole Bank of India' printed on them, instead of 'Reserve Bank of India'. </p><p>Images of the fake notes have gone viral on social media with many expressing shock at the incident, while others found it amusing. </p><p>Earlier, a fake currency manufacturing unit operating in the office of an online garment store was busted in Gujarat's Surat city, and four persons were arrested, police said on September 22.</p><p>Deputy Commissioner of Police Rajdeep Nakum said the accused were allegedly inspired by the web series <em>Farzi</em>, starring actor Shahid Kapoor, which shows a small-time con artist who gets rich by counterfeiting currency notes.</p><p>Surat Special Operations Group (SOG) officials raided the office in the Sarthana locality on Saturday and arrested three persons with "high quality" counterfeit currency with a face value of Rs 1.20 lakh, a police release stated.</p><p>The fourth accused was arrested later, it said.</p><p>The accused persons had rented office space in a commercial building in the guise of running an online garment business but were allegedly printing fake currency on the premises, the release stated.</p><p>The SOG team kept a close watch on the office and people working there and conducted the raid when the three accused met to print fake currency notes there, it said.</p><p><em>(With PTI inputs)</em></p>
<p>Fake currency notes in India are not a new thing, but have you ever come across 500 rupee notes with actor Anupam Kher's image?</p><p>Yes, fake currency notes worth Rs 1.60 crore with image of Anupam Kher instead of Mahatma Gandhi have been seized in Gujarat by Ahmedabad Police, according to a <a href="https://x.com/tv9gujarati/status/1840263037615542417">report </a>by <em>TV9 Gujarati</em>.</p>.In a first, cops seize fake currency notes printed by Naxalites in Chhattisgarh.<p>Also, the notes have 'Resole Bank of India' printed on them, instead of 'Reserve Bank of India'. </p><p>Images of the fake notes have gone viral on social media with many expressing shock at the incident, while others found it amusing. </p><p>Earlier, a fake currency manufacturing unit operating in the office of an online garment store was busted in Gujarat's Surat city, and four persons were arrested, police said on September 22.</p><p>Deputy Commissioner of Police Rajdeep Nakum said the accused were allegedly inspired by the web series <em>Farzi</em>, starring actor Shahid Kapoor, which shows a small-time con artist who gets rich by counterfeiting currency notes.</p><p>Surat Special Operations Group (SOG) officials raided the office in the Sarthana locality on Saturday and arrested three persons with "high quality" counterfeit currency with a face value of Rs 1.20 lakh, a police release stated.</p><p>The fourth accused was arrested later, it said.</p><p>The accused persons had rented office space in a commercial building in the guise of running an online garment business but were allegedly printing fake currency on the premises, the release stated.</p><p>The SOG team kept a close watch on the office and people working there and conducted the raid when the three accused met to print fake currency notes there, it said.</p><p><em>(With PTI inputs)</em></p>