After pictures of the fruit adorning the Makkaleephol, or Nareephol tree at Wat Pha Sorn Kaew in Khao Kho district swept social media, forest and security officials paid a visit.
According to Matichon Online, Col Pongpetch Kesupa, an expert attached to the Internal Security Operation Command’s coordination centre 4, said officials from his unit and from the Payakprai unit of the Royal Forest Department found the tree trunk was made from plaster and the fruit made of plastic.