fake beggar

There are lots of beggars in KL, and many of them are fakes. Some pretend to be Buddhist monks or nuns. Others get a taxi to/from their begging sites. Today I saw one in KL who was the best of the lot. He was sporting fake wounds!!!

He was lying on the central divider at Bukit Bintang. The first thing I noticed from a distance was 2 straws sticking out from the 'wounds'. That immediately suggested fake. As I looked closer, I could see the 'blood' was actually red paint, and the wounds were stuck on with tape. They were also too symmetrical to be real.

Many people obviously thought it was real, and looked horrified, disgusted, etc. And of course he was making money - either out of sympathy, or appreciation of his trick.