A fake 500-baht banknote has been found in Trang by a food vendor who received it from a customer, indicating that fake notes could be rampant again in the province.
The female curry and rice vendor told Pol Sr Sgt Maj Suthinat Sengrod, a well-known radio show host and an officer attached to Muang district police, that a well-dressed couple who arrived in a car stopped to eat in her shop and paid for food with a 500-baht note on Sept 19.
She only found out two days later that the note was fake, but it looked very much like a real one in the dark.
The woman wanted other traders and people in general to be careful about fake notes which might again spread as happened in 2013, particularly during major festivals or religious holidays.