Since this thread was bumped I must say that it saddens me when I see a thread like this and everybody becomes an expert to say something is fake.
Could the cigar in question be fake? Yes it possibly could. Based on photos alone and the fact that no one other than the guy who owns the cigar has seen, touched, and smelled it in person you cannot definitively say it's fake.
Reading things on the Internet in no way makes anyone some sort of expert. I am not claiming to be an expert on the subject of cigars, but some of the reasoning as to why something is fake are just absurd.
I will say this again that based on the photos of that band I am confident its a real Cohiba band. I have no idea if the cigar itself is a fake.