The artist "Five Bears" was sentenced to 10 days of detention for oiling a Japanese national treasure and fined 500,000 yen. Compared with the Internet celebrity Cheap, the fine for damaging historical monuments in Taiwan is too light.

Artist "Five Bears" Tsai Yi-chen was arrested for pouring oil on Japan's national treasure "Buddha's Foot Stone". Today (3rd), a Chinese person in Japan claiming to be a judicial translator broke the news that Wu Bears was sentenced to 10 days of detention and fined 500,000 yen (approximately NT$100,000). In this regard, Cheap, a millionaire Internet celebrity, said that in 2023, a Spanish man destroyed the temple gate of Shilin Cicheng Palace, and was only fined NT$15,000. He lamented, "No wonder many historical sites in Taiwan were either burned down by fire or messed with."

Cheap posted on Facebook that according to Wu Xiong’s Chinese translator, the penalty for throwing oil at Wu Xiong was 10 days of detention and a fine of 500,000 yen. In 2023, a Spanish man ran to Shilin Cicheng Palace in the middle of the night, took toluene and rosin water, and poured oil on him. The temple door was painted and brushed repeatedly, allowing the paint to dissolve and fall off directly. It was no ordinary door, it was a municipal historic site. The temple said it would cost NT$50 million to repair, and since it was the work of Chen Yufeng, a master painter from the Japanese occupation era, it was difficult to repair. In the end, they were fined NT$15,000.

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Cheap pointed out that the "Buddha's Foot Stone" has been restored, but those who repaired it were fined 500,000 yen (approximately NT$100,000), while those who could not repair it were fined NT$15,000. He lamented, "No wonder many monuments in Taiwan were either burned down by fire or messed with."

After the post was exposed, netizens said, "This completely shows that Taiwanese people don't care about cultural assets." "Taiwan really doesn't care about tourism." "Taiwan is very tolerant of criminals." "Taiwan really indulges criminals." "The Taipei City Government's fines for damage to historical monuments are really small. Maybe Mayor Chiang doesn't care about historical monuments."