1905 Movie Network News On January 17, local time, Hollywood superstar Arnold Schwarzenegger was briefly detained at Munich Airport because he failed to declare a luxury watch worth more than 26,000 euros that was planned to be auctioned in his luggage. This Audemars Piguet watch was intended to be auctioned for charity in Austria on the 18th to support his climate crisis charity. This watch was also designed and customized specifically for this auction.
According to the German "Bild" report, this watch should be Audemars Piguet's Royal Oak series. The value of the watch exceeds 26,000 euros, which is approximately more than 150,000 yuan. German Customs spokesman Meester told the media: We have initiated criminal tax proceedings because the watch is an imported product and should have been declared.
Schwarzenegger was detained at customs for nearly three hours and was never asked to provide any form related to the watch. Finally, a fine of 35,000 euros was paid to the customs, including 4,000 euros in taxes and 5,000 euros in fines. Schwarzenegger originally planned to pay the fee by credit card, but the customs said that at least half of it must be paid in cash. In the end, he was able to enter the country after many twists and turns. "People" magazine described the advance payment process as a comedy of errors that would make a very funny police movie.
It is reported that Schwarzenegger cooperated throughout the process, and the local customs officers first wanted to use a credit card machine, but there was a problem with the machine and they could not swipe the money after trying for an hour, so they gave up. Then they took Schwarzenegger to a bank. He was asked to withdraw cash from an ATM machine, but the limit of that ATM machine was too low and the bank was closed, which failed. Finally, a customs officer brought a new card swiping machine and he was finally able to use it.
