Fake Behike 56? Help!

[DKHoang]

A friend of mine has just arrived from Europe and gave me as a present a box of Behike 56. He had thrown away the outer carton box so it is impossible to check the barcode, although he said that the box had been sealed when he bought with all habnos seals. The box itself looks ok with black fabric outside. The smell is of cuban cigars. Bands on the cigars are ok I guess. However, i have suspicion that it is a fake because the cedar sheet does not fit the box (itbis juch smaller), while cigars' size and colour do not look very uniformly. I have attached some photos. I am a newbie and would really appreciate if you can help to figure it out

[jayceskinner]

I have looked at my box of BHK56 and IMO everything looks good so far. Maybe post a clearer picture of the bands all around as the box may have been reused.

That isn't the correct cedar sheet covering the cigars but the factory might have run out and put a BHK52 sheet in instead.

[garbandz]

imposible to say based on pics,need to see all of the band,not just the fronts,and in focus...box top would help,packaging too...........

[Habana Mike]

Holograms appear they may be valid. Would need some better closeups from different angles as mentioned above.

That way we'd know if at least the bands were authentic.

[shlomo]

Where in Europe did you friend pick them from? City/shop

[DKHoang]

He bought the box in Russia I guess. I did not ask him where specifically. Holograms and bands are real in my opinion. Here are some other pics.

[jayceskinner]

Looks good to me. Light one up, enjoy and welcome to FOH.

[RijkdeGooier]

I have two concerns:

1. Did it come with the Behike warranty Certificate and the Habanos warranty leaf?

2. Mine line up perfectly if you line the up with the bottom of the case

[LordAnubis]

Even if it is a fake, what are you going to do return them? Just say thankyou, smoke them and enjoy them. She'll be right.

[DKHoang]

Thank you. Yes it does come with Behike warranty leaf and Habanos warranty leaf. They do not line up perfectly. But the difference is not much, I would say (1-2mm at most). They are little bit dry after the flight so I have decided to put them in the humidor first before smoking them. Hope that they will be fine.