A Buddhist monk was kicked out of his temple after being caught on CCTV stealing a woman’s knickers.

The shaven-headed deity in orange robes snook out of his temple and stole six pairs of underwear in Suphaburi, Thailand, last week, reports the Metro.

CCTV filmed the monk named Theeraphap Worradilok, 49, pinching the damp underwear from a washing line. Homeowner Kittisak Khajornnetikhun, 40, noticed his wife and daughter’s knickers were missing and checked the CCTV.

He added: ‘It’s quite funny and we’re not shaken up by it so we don’t want to make a fuss. But it’s the right thing that he is caught for this.’

The local abbot was told about the incident and immediately defrocked the monk and sent him packing. He claimed the monk had claimed he had recently stopped taking prescription medicine which had made him behave strangely.
Kittisak, who runs a gold shop, said: ‘The underwear isn’t worth a lot of money. My wife can buy more, though she did like one of the pairs that was stolen.

‘The most important thing is that other women should be warned about the monk. That’s why we have reported it.’

Police Colonel Phuwadit Khongpet said: ‘It’s a fact that the man in the video was a monk. He is originally from Nakhon Nayok province.

‘We have interviewed the abbot at the temple who said the monk might have been confused because he had stopped taking medication.

But he has tarnished the reputation of the temple.’ He added: ‘Officers will continue the investigation to find the monk and charge him with theft during the day time according to the law.’