Yeah, because if they were real, with all that such a thing would imply about the health of the dollar, the treasury talking head that pronounced them fake would certainly have admitted they were real.

"Yep, they're real. Japan was trying to secretly unload $135Billion, but that doesn't mean you should sell your dollars Mexico, China, Brazil, Russia, or England. Nope, just ignore Japan, they're a little crazy over there"

OR..

"Nope, they were fake!"