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http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/worst-fake-20-note-ever-8400606#rlabs=2
This has been branded ‘probably the worst forged banknote in Manchester’.
And incredibly, the stapled photocopy was accepted at a licensed premises in the city centre as legal tender.
The funny money was later handed to a police officer in the city centre.
City centre police Inspector Phil Spurgeon said: “This is probably the worst forgery we have ever seen.
“It’s just two paper photocopies of banknotes stapled together.