I disagree. Everything we've seen up to now indicates that there very likely are real rings.
1: "three in the real world one not"
2: The image showing Big Ben, the Empire State Building, a server rack, and the Sydney Opera House
3: Someone asked Simon about keeping the rings, and he said something to the effect of "yes, just share the word"
Simon hasn't checked the box yet since it's three hours from him (or so he says...). Actually, he said he'd do that this weekend.


