Wat Chamni Hatthakan - Bangkok    Share

Nice local temple. The sleeping Buddha here is the first of it's kind in Bangkok & is considered lucky. Locals come to pray here for good luck. You might want to try some of that

Dont visit if told to go by a random person or tuk tuk driver. Part of an elaborate scam to get money from you

Scam ! Do not go with tuk tuk driver! Don’t talk to person behind witch give you good tips about suit! Lost much money on this!

Tried to take a tuk-tuk to the "Big Buddha" (Wat Intharawihan) but the driver brought me here instead, trying to get me to buy the ticket and flowers. So while it may be a charming local temple, seems they also participate in scams and have deals with some of the drivers.

Nice temple used for the Lucky Buddha scam. This is probably not the only temple used as "Lucky Buddha" scam. I found some other on TripAdvisor (Wat Sunthon Thammathon Temple) Here is the full story: 1. My wife and I wanted to visit the Grand Palace. From our hotel we took a TukTuk to go there. He dropped us closed to a bus stop. 2. we were looking around to find our way and a man sitting at the bus stop accosted us and told us the Grand Palace was closed in the morning. He was very kind and advised us to come back later and in the meantime to visit the "Lucky Buddha" temple. He made a deal with a TukTuk: 100 baht to go to the "Lucky Buddha", then go to the Wat Saket (Golden Mount) and come back to the Grand Palace. He wrote everything down and added that if we had some more time for shopping we should visit the Thai Fashion only accessible that day. 3. The TukTuk brought us to the "Lucky Buddha" temple that is nice but nothing special. After the visit, he asked us to get on the TukTuk that was parked at some distance. he left us alone under the pretext of going to the toilet. 4. In the meantime, a man pretended to get into his car and started conversation as his car was stuck behind the TukTuk. His English was perfect, he pretended to be a business man and asked about our plans. We show him the piece of paper and he confirmed that it was a good idea. He started explaining that most fashion brands (Armani, Hugo Boss) have their factories in Thailand and that the government allow them for one week of outlet. We said that instead we would like to hire the TukTuk for the day but the man told us not to worry because it is a 'government' TukTuk. 5. The TukTuk brought us to 'Max Fashion' that is a tailor shop (Krung Thep maha na 10, 268 Phaniang Rd,). At that time we should have left immediately ... but for I do not what reason we entered the shop ... and in less than 30 min signed for a 'tailored' suit and 3 'tailored' shirts for 18.000 baht (500€) and paid by card. We still do not understand our attitude. A few other western couples were in the shop and buying stuff. 6. The TukTuk brought us to the Golden Mount and after our visit to the Grand Palace. We gave him 500 baht. 7. During our visit to the Grand Palace, I was looking at our Google Itinerary and found the "Lucky Buddha" scam story. I was totally upset. I envisaged to go to the 'tourist police' but I was sceptical about my chances and had little time in front of me as we were leaving the day after. Anyway, I decided to go back to the shop although I had no hope to get my money back not even to get a suit. 8. By luck, just in front of the Grand Palace, I retrieved my TukTuk and 'kindly' asked him to bring us back to the tailor. He refused, shouted, almost cried but finally accepted. 9. I entered the shop where 5 sellers and 2 ladies looked at me quite surprised. I told them that I realized the scam, that I was the first to blame but that I wanted to get a deal. Indeed they refused but I insisted and decided not to move from the shop. After 10 minutes, a TukTuk arrived with a potential 'prospect'. The shop manager realized that my plan was to ruin his business and got more open mind. I finally got 4.000 bath back and promised to deliver the suit on the next morning at my hotel. I told them that I would pick it up myself. 10. the next day, in the morning, I got the suit and the 3 shirts. Honestly, I have to say that they did a good job and everything is fitting very well. The fabric is 'wool & cashmere'. In conclusion, we learned a lot during this journey (luckily we escaped a time sharing scam at Wyndham Grand Pukhet just a few days before) Sometimes you win, sometimes you learn ;o)