A young Indonesian man recently got the shock of his life after learning that his wife of 12 days was actually a man disguised as a woman.

Earlier this week, Indonesian media reported the strange case of a 26-year-old man referred to only by his initials, AK, who ended up calling the police after finding out that the woman he had married only 12 days prior turned out to be a man in disguise. The man allegedly met his bride-to-be on the internet and after hitting it off, the two decided to meet in person. AK admitted that he fell in love with his future wife the moment he saw her for the first time, and after meeting cordially a few times, he got the courage to ask her out on a proper date. In hindsight, the man admits that his fiancee had some quirks, but he never suspected her of being a man in disguise.

The woman who introduced herself as Adinda Kanza Azzahra would always try to conceal her face using a veil or a hijab, but the man didn’t really think anything of it. If anything, her shyness intrigued him even more, so it didn’t take long for him to pop the big question. Adina accepted but claimed that she didn’t want their union registered because her mother had died and her father hadn’t been in the picture for a long time, so she didn’t really have any close family to invite to the ceremony.

In the end, the two love birds decided on a discrete ceremony officiated by the religious leader of Wangunjaya Village, AK’s home, and the dowry was set at just 5 grams of gold. However, even after the marriage, Adinda constantly hid her face even from her new husband, refused to socialize with his family and friends in his home village, and constantly out off his attempts to consummate the marriage.

After hearing AK’s complaints, his family decided to investigate his new wife and discovered that her father was still around. It was he who revealed that Adina was really a man referred to only by his initials, ESH, by Indonesian newspapers. AK’s family told him the truth about his new wife, and despite feeling embarrassed abut the deception, they agreed to notify the police.

“ESH confessed that they wanted to get money from the victim,” a source from the police said.”“Every time ESH asked for money, they always got it. Now the perpetrator has been charged under Article 378 of the Criminal Code. and risk spending up to four years in prison.”

 

AS to how the 26-year-old man fell for ESH’s deception, the head of the Naringgul Police Criminal Investigation Unit told journalists that ESh really had a feminine look when he put on makeup, which made it easier for him to pass as a woman.

“Especially when they had makeup on, they really looked like a woman,” Bripka Ridwan Taufik said. “From the wedding photos, you can see that they really look like a woman. Their voice is also a little shrill, like a woman’s.”