

That is what probably got them busted.. people who wanted their photos complained to the po po.

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Big Booger wrote: Imagine all the people, showing up thinking they are attening a royal wedding and being duped.. And paying out the wazoo too.. Even some going as far as to pay for photos with the couple which they never received..
Taro Toporific wrote:[B]were arrested in 2003.
About 360 people attended the event, and Kitano and Sakamoto were found guilty of taking 2.94 million yen in cash from 61 of the 137 guests who claimed damages.
. . . It is believed the impostor obtained information on the Arisugawa line from a public library in Kyoto Prefecture.
Kitano and Sakamoto first met in October 2002 and hatched the plan for the bogus wedding shortly after.
With help from Kusunoki, the couple sent out more than 2,000 invitations for the wedding that were titled Prince Arisugawa's Celebration Dinner Banquet.
The bogus wedding attracted guests including celebrities, a former member of the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly and members of a rightwing group in Tokyo.
According to the ruling, Kitano appeared at the ceremony formally dressed as an army general, complete with white gloves and medals on his chest. Sakamoto, the impostor bride, donned a traditional 12-layer kimono at one point.
The two also charged their guests 10,000 yen to have memorial photos taken with the couple. When the photo sessions did not prove popular, Sakamoto asked for an announcement to be made notifying guests about the service.
In an absurd twist, however, it appears the couple failed to do their homework on the financing for the wedding: Even though they bilked the guests out of more than 12 million yen in cash, the cost of the ceremony is believed to have exceeded their take.
Both Kitano and Sakamoto "still owe a part of the fees for the ceremony," according to the ruling . . . more
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