Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-3965545-20160510012347/@comment-3568954-20160512130218

here is what my theory is. the eyes are real. once nagato found bodies each body was then given the rods and revived using the six paths, when defeated and the rods are removed the eyes still remain. but they are useless because it requires specific chakra. Nagato had the original eyes. or atleast chakra of one of hagoromo's children in this case nagato inherited the body of the sage when the Rinnegan finally activated after being transplanted. those eyes were able to manifest the six paths. so its my theory that if Naruto or sasuke were to transplant the cloned Rinnegan they would have been able to use the power of those eyes