Pictures of Thai monk’s DIY eyebrows to unlock welfare card payment go viral


A male staff member at the store applying the adhesive tape 'eyebrows' to the monk's face. - The Nation/ANN

BANGKOK: A Facebook post showing a Buddhist monk sticking fake eyebrows on his face so he could use his state welfare card went viral on Monday (Dec 2).

Three photographs of the unnamed monk were posted on the CNew Viewer 4K page at around 11.17am, and within a couple of hours, the post drew nearly 8,000 reactions, including laughing emojis, more than 370 comments and over 1,500 shares.

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