World renowned violinist left his antique violin in Bangkok taxi

A 60-year-old Chinese tourist, who is a world-renowned violinist, filed a lost property report with police after he left his violin in a taxi early on Tuesday morning.

Xue Wei said his violin, which is contained in a cream-coloured case, is about 200 years old and valued about Bt18 million. Apart from the money, he told police that the violin is of great sentimental value to him.

Xue told Thonglor police that he hailed a taxi at about 11.10pm, from a Chinese restaurant in Sukhumvit Soi 26, to go to Sukhumvit Soi 31.

After getting out of the taxi, Xue realised that he had left his violin in the taxi, so he alerted Thonglor police. The receipt for the fare identified the taxi driver as Utain Denkhuntod.

CCTV footage of where Xue got into and out of the taxi did not show the license plate of the taxi clearly, so police the asked the Jor Sor 100 traffic radio station to help locate…