Fri Dec 05 2025 23:13:15 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Fact Check: ₹5 Crore old Notes not Found at KCR’s Farmhouse, Viral Telangana Scribe E-Paper Is Fake
As of April 1, 2025, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) reported that approximately 98.21% of the ₹2,000 denomination bank
Claim :
E-paper clipping of Telangana Scribe reported that more than ₹5 crore worth of old notes (₹2000 denomination) were found in KCR’s farmhouse.Fact :
The claim is False. There is no e-paper named Telangana Scribe, and no such report is found online.
As of April 1, 2025, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) reported that approximately 98.21% of the ₹2,000 denomination banknotes withdrawn from circulation have been returned to the banking system. Despite being withdrawn in May 2023, ₹2000 notes worth more than ₹6,000 crore are still in circulation. While most of the notes have been returned to the banking system, the RBI continues to accept them at its issue offices. People can deposit or exchange ₹2000 notes up to a limit of ₹20,000 at a time.
Meanwhile, an e-paper with the logo of Telangana Scribe, resembling a newspaper clipping, is circulating on social media with the claim that more than ₹5 crore worth of ₹2000 notes were found in the farmhouse of K. Chandrashekar Rao, BRS party leader.
The caption on the viral image in Telugu reads:
“ఫాంహౌజ్లో బయటపడ్డ పాత నోటు!
●ఎర్రవల్లిలోని మాజీ సీఎం కేసీఆర్ ఫాంహౌజ్లో బయటపడిన పాత 2 వేల నోట్లు.
●గోడౌన్ లోపల బస్తాల్లో దాచిన నోట్ల కట్టలు ఇటీవల వర్షాలకు పూర్తిగా తడిసినట్టు సమాచారం.
●రద్దయిన పాత నోట్ల విలువ దాదాపు 5 కోట్ల వరకు ఉంటుందని తెలుస్తుంది. విషయం బయటకు పొక్కడంతో ఫాంహౌజ్ లోపలే నోట్లను పూర్తిగా తగలబెట్టిన సిబ్బంది
●సమాచారం అందడంతో హుటాహుటిన ఫాంహౌజ్కు చేరుకున్న జోగినిపల్లి సంతోష్ రావు.
●ఫాంహౌజ్లో పాత నోట్లను తగలబెట్టడం ఇది మూడోసారి అని గ్రామస్తులు చర్చించుకుంటున్నారు.”
Translation:
“Old notes found in farmhouse!
●Old ₹2,000 notes found in former CM KCR's farmhouse in Erravalli.
●It is reported that the bundles of notes hidden in bags inside the godown were completely soaked in recent rains.
●It is known that the value of the old notes is around ₹5 crore. When the matter came to light, the staff completely burned the notes inside the farmhouse.
●Joginipally Santosh Rao rushed to the farmhouse after receiving the information.
●Villagers are discussing that this is the third time old notes have been burned in the farmhouse.”
Here is the screenshot of the claim.
Here is the archive link of the claim:
Fact Check:
The claim is False. No authentic report can be found about any money being found in KCR’s farmhouse.
When we searched for news related to money found in KCR’s farmhouse, we did not find any reports—either in Telugu or English—about such an incident. We also did not find any Telangana Scribe e-paper published on July 14, 2025.
When searched with the keywords ‘KCR farmhouse’, the latest news report found was published on April 10, 2025, on a YouTube channel named NTV with the title: ‘KCR leaves for Hyderabad from Erravelli farmhouse | NTV’
When we searched for ‘Telangana Scribe’, we did not find any news websites or regularly published e-papers under that name. We found some social media handles with similar names, but none of them had published the viral image with the Telangana Scribe logo on it.
The viral e-paper clipping also shows the Twitter handle: https://www.x.com/telanganascribe . When we searched the X handle, we found the latest post was published on May 8, 2025, and was about Hyderabad demolitions. When we cross-checked the logo on the viral e-paper clipping with the logo on the X account, we found they are not the same.
We also checked if the name Telangana Scribe has been registered with the Office of Registrar of Newspapers for India and found that the title is not registered. Here is the screenshot.
Therefore, the viral image of an e-paper clipping claiming that more than ₹5 crore worth of old ₹2000 notes were found at the farmhouse of BRS chief K. Chandrashekar Rao is False. No such news report has been published, nor has any e-paper titled Telangana Scribe been published on July 14, 2025.
Claim : E-paper clipping of Telangana Scribe reported that more than ₹5 crore worth of old notes (₹2000 denomination) were found in KCR’s farmhouse.
Claimed By : Facebook Users
Claim Reviewed By : Telugupost Fact Check
Claim Source : Facebook
Fact Check : False
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