Haji Amin’s Story Shows off Rp. 500 Trillion Balance: to Trap the Mafia for Antique Three-Buttoned Samurai Swords

TEMPO.CO, Banjarmasin – The name Muhammad Amin or often called Haji Amin suddenly went viral because a video showing a savings balance of IDR 500 trillion was horrendous at the beginning of January. Behind video viral which makes many people wonder, it turns out there is a long story.

The 50-year-old said the video was originally made in response to an antique dealer offering a samurai sword with three knobs. But Haji Amin regretted that the video actually went viral by a group he called the antiquities mafia.

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As a result of the video going viral and embarrassing him too, said Amin, the antiquities mafia that was going to be eradicated are now gaining the upper hand. “These people’s scammers are advancing again, even though my goal was to eradicate them,” he said.

Awal Haji Amin was impressed by the samurai sword

Furthermore, he told how he was initially fascinated with antique swords samurai which has three buttons. This could not be separated from the fact that before Amin heard that the antique was mentioned as having several features.

“The three buttons, the first button in the middle neutralizes it, turns it on off. First pressed, sometimes on. After it’s on, later the button on the front can move forward, after advancing it is airtight,” said Amin when met Tempo in a simple house type 36 in the Alam Sutra Complex, Banjarmasin City, Friday 20 January 2023.

This elongated and airtight samurai sword, said Amin, would harden when exposed to sunlight and wind. “It was incredibly loud,” continued Amin.

The second feature, Amin said, is that there is a button that shortens the length of the samurai sword. After the length of the sword shortens to 30 centimeters, then the samurai sword can be used.

“It is said that the story is said to be able to split a ship in the sea. Cutting up the iron in the sea, that’s it. Then the price is fantastic. In the past, there weren’t any sophisticated ones,” said the man who was born in Amuntai 6 June 1972.

Apart from that, Amin gave the example of the shawl samurai sword. According to him, the original shawl samurai sword from ancient times without threads on the tip. However, today many shawl samurai swords are equipped with threads and blades.

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