Monk’s plea: Thai woman scams 78 year old monk of 800,000 baht

[Deserted]

How did he get that much money?

[khaowong1]

1 hour ago, Deserted said:

How did he get that much money?

Exactly.  Most monks I know have maybe a 100 baht or so on their person, and even the abbot of a temple I know doesn't have more than 30,000 or so in the Temple bank account.  

[steven100]

On 8/16/2023 at 9:09 AM, brianthainess said:

Scammer scams Scammer 

seems to be a regular occurrence nowadays .....

[steven100]

i'm wondering if the monk was dipping into the donation box ....  i'm sure that's prevalent at many temples.

Buddhism ... such and honest religion   

[Wongkitlo]

Some pretty dumb comments here. Only certain religous groups take vows of poverty. Western priests can be millionaires and still be priests. My brother in law is a monk. Him and my wife's sister own property, have children and grand-children. He was just drinking himself to death so went to the temple to stop drinking. There is not much other choice in Thailand if you have drug or alcohol problems except the Temple. 

[khaowong1]

On 8/19/2023 at 9:20 AM, steven100 said:

i'm wondering if the monk was dipping into the donation box ....  i'm sure that's prevalent at many temples.

Buddhism ... such and honest religion   

You would have to be the abbot to get in the donation box, plus, I don't know of any temples who would have any large amount of money in their donation boxes.  It's normally emptied every evening by a trusted parishioner.  

[steven100]

10 hours ago, khaowong1 said:

by a trusted parishioner.  

your joking right ..     trust no one here.