A 74-year-old man marries a 24-year-old woman for 260 million won...It disappears all of a sudden. Mystery
Oct 17, 2025
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The 50-year-old age gap also attracts attention, but it has attracted particular attention by revealing 3 billion rupiah (about 260 million won) of marriage dowry.
Meanwhile, suspicions have been raised that it disappeared without paying the wedding photography company, leading to a police investigation.
According to local media such as Tribune Friends, Tarman, a 74-year-old man living in Pachitan, East Java, Indonesia, had a grand wedding to a 24-year-old woman, Cela Arica, on the 1st (local time).
On this day, Tarman drew attention by releasing a check with 3 billion rupiah as a dowry in front of numerous guests.
Originally, the dowry was known to be 1 billion rupiah, but it suddenly tripled on the same day.
Guests were given 100,000 rupiah (about 8,600 won) in cash instead of gifts.
However, immediately after the wedding, the photography and video companies openly raised the issue, saying that the bride and groom stopped contacting each other without paying for it.
Rumors have spread online that Tarman fled on the bride's family's motorcycle, as well as allegations that 3 billion rupiah checks were forged.
One of the bride's relatives warned her on live television that `neighbours and their families should be careful, but this eventually happened" he expressed his anger.
As the controversy grew, Tarman explained on social media that "the check is real issued by the Central Bank of Indonesia (BCA) and is currently with his wife".
The bride's family is also "It's ridiculous speculation. The two insisted that they had only gone on their honeymoon."
The police received a complaint about unpaid service costs filed by a photography company and launched an investigation.
Tarman was sentenced to two years in prison in June 2022 for fraud in the past, the Central Java Tribune reported.
Netizens are saying, "'Is the bride really in love or is it because of money?'" After all, money is power in this world", "Can you trust an ex-convict of a fraud case?", "Why didn't you pay for the video when you had a lot of money?" be posting comments such as.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
