Really bad fake, everything about it is wrong. The band coloring is all wrong, too much white for the "Cohiba", not enough lines of squares on top, bit of white on bottom of the band, squares are too large, etc, etc, etc, etc. and that's just the band, let alone the pigtail is wrong as well. There are some legit Cohiba bands out there with a single line of squares, but then the rest of it doesn't look the same. None of them have the white showing on the bottom,
Feel sorry for your buddy.
Let us know if he lets you cut it open.