A video showing two child ragpickers waving around bundles of old, demonetised 500 rupee notes is being widely shared on social media, where users have claimed that it shows visuals from Pakistan.
The claim: The post is being shared with text reading, "Our old Indian 500 rupees notes in Pakistan. Now people will understand why our beloved PM Modi Ji called for Demonitisation... (sic)."
How do we know?: To start with, we ran a search with the keywords, "Child ragpickers find Indian notes" on Google.
This led us to a report dated 31 December 2024, shared by Free Press Journal, which carried screenshots from the video.
It explained what was happening in the video, but did not mention where the incident took place.
Next, we ran a reverse image search using Google Lens, which led us to an Instagram post by an account 'akhimishra511'.
This account appeared to be the source of the now-viral video, sharing it on 27 December 2024.
A more recent post from 21 August 2025 was longer than the viral video.
This shows the full video, followed by inputs from the creator, who clarified that the video was shot in Uttar Pradesh, specifying it's location as 'Aashiyaana Chouraha' in Lucknow.
Taking a cue from this, we looked for the location mentioned in the video on Google Maps, using its street view feature to explore the area.
Here, we came across a spot which resembles the background of the viral video.
Conclusion: A video from Uttar Pradesh's Lucknow is being shared to falsely claim that old, demonetised Indian notes were found in Pakistan.
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