This is how 4 men produced fake Rs 2, 000 notes and fooled 8 shopkeepers

If you thought the new Rs 2,000 notes are indigenous and cannot be faked, these four men have proved you and the Indian government wrong. Four men from Bengaluru used a copier and some glitter to make fake Rs 2,000 rupee notes and even used them at several shops.

These men used the fake currencies across eight liquor shops within four days, but were arrested later.

"We have recovered eight notes. Investigations are on and we will probably recover all 25 notes," senior police officer MN Anuchet told NDTV.

It all started with 25 crisp fake notes, generated on a photocopy machine at a friend's shop.

"Shashank and Madhu Kumar copied the new 2,000 rupee denomination note in their friend's Xerox shop. Then they had cut the paper according to size. They used a glitter pen to give that green tinge," said Anuchet.

Apart from these two, there were two other friends - Kiran Kumar and Nagaraj – who were also in on the plan. They were caught when a shop keeper suspected that the note he had been handed was fake.

Two of the accused men worked in a mobile shop, one is a mechanic and one drives an auto.

Two of the men have diplomas from the ITI or Industrial Training Institute.

The notes they made looked quite real at first glance.

The police officer said, "It looks quite genuine in the first instance. Only the paper feels different... and if you are aware of other safety features."