Nearly $12 MILLION worth of fake championship and team rings are now OFF the market ... so says U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials -- who say they just seized 177 counterfeit pieces!
CBP officials announced Tuesday they found nearly 200 fake rings during an inspection of a March 11 shipment from China to the U.S.
The faux-bling included Philadelphia Eagles and New England Patriots Super Bowl rings, New York Yankees World Series rings and much more.
And, we gotta say ... they do look pretty awesome.
But officials say they caught the stuff before it could be sold to Americans -- claiming they saved U.