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The abbot of a Chong Lom Temple in the central province of Chai Nat reached out to news agencies for assistance regarding an ongoing theft at the temple. The serial temple thief is still at large even though CCTV footage clearly features his face while committing the crime.

 

The CCTV footage revealed the thief aged approximately 30 to 40 years old and approximately 175 centimetres in height entering the accommodation of the temple abbot, Komkrit, and stealing monk robes. Moreover, the thief also stole some offerings which included instant food, and cartons of milk among other things. Komkrit said the damage was over 700,000 baht.

 

Before the installation of security cameras at the temple, two robberies occurred. In the first incident, approximately 200 monk robes were stolen, while the second resulted in a loss of around 100 monk robes.

 

Then, the temple installed security cameras in an attempt to discover the identity of the thief. Despite these efforts, a third robbery occurred on April 12 of this year, resulting in the theft of assets valued at tens of thousands of baht. The fourth robbery happened at around 2am on April 19, when the thief nabbed 50 monk robes and various offerings.

 

The most recent incident, the fifth theft, occurred on Thursday, May 11 at around 4.20am. On this occasion, the thief made off with 21 donated monk robes, recently provided by another temple.

 

Full Story: https://thethaiger.com/news/national/serial-thief-targets-temples-sacred-robes-5-times-remains-elusive-despite-clear-images

 

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Monk robes must be expensive.....23k each....?

12 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Moreover, the thief also stole some offerings which included instant food, and cartons of milk among other things. Komkrit said the damage was over 700,000 baht.

Was the milk gold-top by any chance?

14 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Before the installation of security cameras at the temple, two robberies occurred. In the first incident, approximately 200 monk robes were stolen, while the second resulted in a loss of around 100 monk robes.

Not a robbery, its some kind of weird fetish

how about a one-year exchange program with another temple for a handful of monks ?

 

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Me thinks you need to start storing your monk robes in a different closet that doesn't have a "Monk Robes Here" sign on it.