CCTV footage last night time caught two Thai transwomen stealing a Buddha statue from Tha Kharm Temple in Chachoengsao province within the eastern region of Thailand.
A 52 12 months previous monk, Tikhamporn Artsapo, seen that a Buddha statue, Luang Por So Thorn, was lacking from his temple today. So, he checked the temple’s CCTV footage and discovered that two transwomen stole the statue the evening before and reported the issue to the Bang Pakong Police Station.
Two transwomen had been seen using their bike into the temple at about 8.35pm on Monday, May 1. They obtained off their vehicle and wandered across the temple. They are then seen strolling to the abbot’s lodging but they did not find something of value.
They then went to a temple pavilion where they found the Luang Por So Thorn statue. One of the transwomen took an image of the statue earlier than they left the temple on their bike.
At 9.24pm the 2 transwomen returned to the temple. One of them grabbed the Luang Por So Thorn statue, coated it with a material and escaped from the scene.
The monk, Tikhamporn, later advised police that he believed they stole the statue as a result of they believed it was made of costly brass. However, the statue was made from silica and never price as much as they had anticipated. Tikhamporn said…
“The damage just isn’t that top but the karma could be very severe. In less than dared to steal from a temple. No worry of sin.”
The two transwomen are presently at massive and the police are searching for them.
This incident just isn’t an isolated one as there have been a quantity of reported thefts from temples and mosques in Thailand. In most instances, the thieves focused donation packing containers, not priceless statues.
For example, simply 4 weeks in the past a Thai man stole 30,000 baht from a donation field at the Darul Ibadah Mosque in Pattaya. In March, one other thief stole 50,000 baht from the Wihan Siam temple. In February, the Suan Mokkh temple in Pattaya was robbed, whereas the Khao Phra Tamnak temple on Jomtien Beach lost round 50,000 baht in January..