A detective novel by Abu Ishaq, the famous writer of Fake Bangladesh. The novel was first published in 1986 in the Eid issue of Anandpatra . It was written in 1954. The novel is based on real events. In Bangladesh (then Pakistan) in 1950, the author was tasked with investigating several cases of ' counterfeit notes ' while he was a government official. The novel ' Fake ' is based on that experience .