By GAN LING KAI

FAKE bags and fake watches, sure.

But fake licence plates?

Click on thumbnails below to view more photos. Story continues after photos. (Photos: Shin Min)

For months, Mr Wei received parking tickets for a place he has never been to.

He thought it strange so he reported it to the authorities.

On Wednesday afternoon, the mystery was finally solved.

Another car owner had made false plates just so he could keep his own car.

The actual owner, Mr Wei, told Shin Min Daily News that since last October, he had been fined three times for parking his car illegally without a season parking coupon around Yishun Street 61.

Mr Wei points to the look alike car carrying the same licence plate as his.

The 30-year-old, who works in the sales industry, said: "I live in Serangoon. I work in Clementi. I don't even go to Yishun.

"So I was very surprised when I received the three traffic tickets. I reported this to the authorities who said they would look into the matter."

Then on Wednesday, he got a call informing him that a parking warden had spotted a car bearing the same licence plate.

He rushed to the open-air car park between Blocks 640 and 641 Yishun St 61.

Sure enough, parked before him was a Mitsubishi - same colour, same licence plate.

He called the police, and a few patrol cars arrived at the scene shortly after, reported Shin Min Daily News.