evidence: Highlights - PIB fact-check has refuted claims over Rs 500 being fake over proximity of green strip - Claims say Rs 500 are fake in which proximity of green strip is near Mahatma Gandhi's photo - PIB fact-check busted these claims being made on social media [...] Busting rumours, RBI said that proximity of the grip strip to RBI Governor's signature or Mahatma Gandhi's image is not an indicator whether the note is fake or real. Taking to Twitter, PIB said, "It is being claimed in a message that the Rs 500 note is fake, in which the green stripe is not near the RBI governor's signature but near the picture of Gandhiji."