evidence: Claim ₹500 notes, which have the green security thread closer to Mahatma Gandhi’s portrait are fake. Only those which feature the windowed security thread closer to the RBI Governor’s signature are authentic. In order to verify the authenticity of the claim, Newschecker conducted a keyword search of the words ‘₹500 notes’ ‘Fake’ and ‘security thread’. [...] The claim that RBI does not accept ₹500 notes in which the green security thread is closer to the portrait of Mahatma Gandhi is counterfeit is false. The two versions have been acknowledged by the RBI as legitimate and said to have attributed this to a flaw in printing. Both notes are acceptable for transactions.