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SHOPKEEPERS, bar staff and pensioners in England are being urged to check �20 notes after consumer watchdogs seized hundreds of "fakes" featuring film characters and football stars instead of the Queen of England. Despite either a Simpson or a Shearer beaming out instead of the queen, trading standards officers have taken a hard line against sellers amid fears they could be passed off as genuine notes. The novelty notes were seized at a north east car boot sale and the errant seller was given a formal warning. Trading standards officers say the �20 notes look and feel like real bank notes but the queen's head has been substituted with a wide range of different images including England and Newcastle star Michael Owen, former Geordie hero Alan Shearer, film actors and cartoon characters. The notes were spotted on sale at a stall at the car boot sale in Swalwell, Gateshead last week by trading standards officers on the look-out for counterfeit goods. Officers said the notes were promptly seized because their design constituted a breach of trademark or copyright, as the images on the bank notes had been reproduced without permission.
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