Ignorance of the law is no excuse as many Sri Lankans have discovered. It is pure ignorance that led many people to crowd round a pavement vendor in Pettah this week selling wallets made out of fake 5000-rupee notes. The purses are said to have been imported from China. Reproduction of a currency note in any form is an offence under section 58 of the Monetary Law Act. Pix by Athula Deshapriya+

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