A European couple, possibly British, handed Kanyarat Teawsakul, 49, owner of a massage and exchange booth service opposite the Boathouse hotel, five £20 notes. She exchanged them for baht, not realising they were fake.
Worse yet, she discovered that one of her staff had also exchanged fake pound notes two days earlier. In that case there were eight bad notes, also for £20 each.
This afternoon she reported the scam to police at Karon. Pol Lt Col Boonlert Onklang is to investigate.