Chaknarong Sornsoi said he thought his
photocopied banknotes looked so real, he thought he could get away with
spending them.
Theerarak
Suthathiwong
A Nakhon Sawan man arrested for allegedly using fake
1,000-baht bills to buy a used computer now faces counterfeiting charges
after police found more than 50,000 baht in funny money in his room.
Chaknarong Sornsoi, 26, was taken into custody at the
Khwai Klang Muang Market on Thepprasit Road Sept. 14 after allegedly
using four fake 1,000-baht bills to purchase a second-hand PC.
Shopkeeper Seri Sripramong said Chaknarong had passed
him the bills in the store’s dark parking lot after he carried out the
computer to the suspect’s motorbike. Once re-entering the store, Seri
said he saw the bills were fake and was able to quickly detain
Chaknarong before he fled.
Searching his Soi Kophai apartment, police found 195
photocopied bank notes totaling 51,100 baht.
Police claim Chaknarong said he’d photocopied the
currency at his friend’s house for fun, but thought the copies and real
baht looked so similar he thought he could get away with spending it.
He claimed it was the first time he’d ever tried to
pass fake currency, but police were skeptical.
