“The Banco Central de la República Argentina (BCRA), or the Central Bank of the Argentine Republic, has or is set to issue banknotes featuring the face of Argentine professional footballer Lionel Messi following the victory of the country’s national team in the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.”
Social media posts
Claim dated 22 Dec 2022.
Soch Fact Check rated thisFalse
In short
This claim spread on social media around 22 December 2022. Soch Fact Check (Pakistan) looked into it and published its finding on 28 December 2022, 6 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Where the claim appeared
- Instagram posthttps://www.instagram.com/p/CmdzV4CIWL5
- geosuper.tvhttps://www.geosuper.tv/latest/21159-argentina-considering-putting-lionel-messi-on-bankno…
- thecurrent.pkhttps://thecurrent.pk/argentina-may-put-messis-picture-on-banknote/
- timesnownews.comhttps://www.timesnownews.com/sports/football/lionel-messis-image-on-banknotes-in-argentin…
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