Chiang Mai woman charged with forgery after changing license plate to ‘lucky’ number

A Chiang Mai woman was charged with forgery after she altered her car’s license plate to change one of the numbers into a “lucky” numeral.

The 34-year-old woman’s luck definitely ran out when she pulled into the Mae Ping checkpoint Aug. 7 and police noticed someone had used a black market to change a 3 to an 8 on her license plate.

She told police she’d taken the car for a blessing at Jomtong Temple. A monk told her 8 would be luckier than 3, so he told her to alter her license plate, and she did.

The woman claimed she didn’t know that altering a government-issued plate would be illegal. After all, she said, the monk made many auspicious markings inside and outside the vehicle and no one cared.
The monk also was…