He has all the riches he could ever dream for in this
life. But to avoid any risk of missing out in the
afterlife, wealthy entrepreneur ‘Count Scarpa’ is
burying his greatest treasure – his new £310,000
Bentley convertible.
In a bizarre announcement on his Facebook page
the 62-year-old declared that he plans to do as the
Pharaohs of Egypt did and take his riches with him
when he dies by burying them.
So tomorrow, he will entomb his brand new
Bentley Continental worth over £310,000 to make
sure he has a comfortable journey into the ‘other
side’. The funeral ceremony, he promises, will be at
11am.
In a photo on his social network site Count Scarpa
stands beside his black Flying Spur, the latest
model on the market, with a cockatoo on his arm
and writes: ‘I decided to do as the Pharaohs: this
week I will bury my favourite car, the Bentley here
in the home garden! Bury my treasure in my
palace rssss !!!’
He says he’s digging the grave in the back garden
of his mansion in Jardins, one of the wealthiest
neighbourhoods in Sao Paulo.
On Tuesday, in another photo, sporting a pink tie,
with his foot on a shovel, he stands in front of a
deep hole with his shining Bentley parked behind
him and warns: ‘For those who doubt me,
yesterday I already started making the hole in the
garden to bury my Bentley! By the end of the week
I will bury it’
The self-made businessman, who has a degree in
economics and is a black belt instructor and owner
of the Institute Maruyama Aikido, a Japanese
martial arts academy, explains that his decision to
start storing up his treasures for the life beyond
came after watching a programme on Ancient
Egypt on Sunday.
‘I was watching a documentary about the pharaohs
of Egypt, very interesting. They buried his entire
fortune to have a comfortable life “the other side”!’
he says.