Few images of a rupee note of 1000 denomination have gone viral on social media with a false claim that it is the new currency released by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).
The alleged new note has an impression of Mahatma Gandhi and a green strip on the right, among other signatures.
Several social media users shared the image on Facebook and Twitter with the same claim.
However, as cited in several media reports, 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.
From the close examination, it can be noted that it is merely an artistic creation, and not representative of a new currency note launched by the RBI.
On the top right corner of the image, one can see ‘Artistic Imagination’ written on note, indicating that it was not the official currency. Below the line ‘I promise to pay a thousand rupees to the holder’, the currency note carries a signature of Mahatma Gandhi instead of the current RBI governor Shaktikanta Das.
This was fact-checked by SMHoaxSlayer and Boom.