evidence: An image circulating on social media is warning people to not accept Rs 500 notes on which the security thread (green strip) is placed near Mahatma Gandhi’s impression. Rather, it claims that people should accept Rs 500 notes which have the thread near ‘Governor’s signature’. [...] A source in the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) told The Quint that the claim made in the post is false. Further, the RBI’s list of features of Rs 500 notes does not mention anything about the distance of the security thread from Gandhi’s portrait printed on the note. [...] Regarding the security thread, as per RBI, it will turn from green to blue if the note is tilted. However, it does not mention anything about the distance of the thread from Gandhi’s portrait printed on the note.