How Fake Money Is Made For Movies And TV

They say ‘imitation is the highest form of flattery.’ I say getting a visit from the Secret Service might be higher.

I had a lot of fun shooting this video! We went to ISS Props, a huge prop house north of LA, and interviewed CEO Gregg Bilson Jr. He explained the making and using of fake money for movies and TV, and how he got a visit from the Secret Service when they discovered his prop money was too realistic:

In 2000 he got his biggest order for prop money ever: a trillion dollars for “Rush Hour 2.” However, after the fake money got into the hands of some extras who tried to spend it in the real world, the Secret Service ended up serving ISS with a cease and desist and confiscating all of the prop money from the movie.