Authorities finally make an arrest at Wat Dhammakaya - but it's not what you think!

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Authorities finally make an arrest at Wat Dhammakaya - but it's not what you think!

 

Image: Daily News

 

Authorities surrounding controversial temple Wat Dhammakaya have finally made an arrest.

But it wasn't the alleged embezzler believe to be holed up inside that they have been trying to nab for almost a year - they just got their hands on a rather large water monitor instead.

The animal - often called an unsavory name in Thai but in the Daily News story kindly referred to as Tua Ngern Tua Thong - stunned the deployed ranks of police and DSI and the assembled press by strolling through the tight cordon.

He then tried to enter the blockaded compound through a vent next to Gate 7.

However the large creature got stuck and the officials decided to make an "arrest" for its own good.

It was released back into nature well away from the temple that is on a large site in Pathum Thani province north of Bangkok.

Authorities have been trying to arrest head monk Phra Dhammachayo since last year on charges of embezzlement.

 

Source: Daily News

 

 

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[sead]

Now they only have to catch that snake

[plachon]

Maybe it was Phra Dhammachayo in disguise? After all he can walk on water, levitate and transform himself into whatever he wants.... 

[dcnx]

Shape shifter. They got him and are too dumb to realize it.

[leeneeds]

Cooked on coals good eating.

[jaywalker]

I needed a good laugh! Thanks!

[doremifasol]

58 minutes ago, dcnx said:

Shape shifter. They got him and are too dumb to realize it.

[55Jay]

A lizard walked right through the cordon of troops and police.  How ironic and symbolic is that.

[Somtamnication]

Looks like the abbot to me, disguised as himself. 

[outsider]

No news and updates on the whole saga, so Daily News decided to spin something out of it. Well, top marks for trying, really. However, I'm not sure if that is considered 'big'. I've seen much bigger ones mixing around with runners at Lumpini Park.

[PatOngo]

I hear  they are every where.

[realenglish1]

Shape changing WOW this monk is amazing 

 

He ca become invisible and now has made his escape right under the noses of the authorities

 

His followers will be taken buy it Should be able to raise more money because of his Shape changing talents 

 

 

[klauskunkel]

Heard that one?

a police officer, a monk and a lizard walk into a wat...

[Reigntax]

4 hours ago, realenglish1 said:

Shape changing WOW this monk is amazing 

 

He ca become invisible and now has made his escape right under the noses of the authorities

 

His followers will be taken buy it Should be able to raise more money because of his Shape changing talents 

 

 

 

Better still, he got the police to carry him out and set him free.

[Moonmoon]

That was the form the monk change into n now the police have release him into the wild again! He has escaped right b4 their very eyes.

[rkidlad]

I was expecting to read about some old lady who made a comment on Facebook about this whole sorry affair being arrested. 

[Get Real]

Eureka! They got the one that eat him alive!