Terminator is wrong. Hollywood star Arnold Schwarzenegger was detained at Munich airport (southern Germany) on Wednesday because he had failed to declare to customs a valuable watch intended for sale, customs told AFP German.
Arriving from the United States, the 76-year-old Austrian-American was finally able to continue his journey. A customs spokesperson, Thomas Meister, initially indicated that the watch would have to remain in Munich and that criminal proceedings for tax fraud against the former governor of California had been initiated: Schwarzenegger should have declared to customs the watch and pay a tax because the latter will remain in the EU, specified Thomas Meister.
But according to the TMZ website“Schwarzie” finally agreed to prepay $10,000 in taxes and was able to leave with it.
According to the German daily Bild, which broke the story, the former interpreter of Terminator and Conan the Barbarian plans to put this expensive watch up for auction on Thursday, during a dinner organized in the famous Austrian ski resort of Kitzbühel.
During this evening, works of art and valuable objects are to be put on sale and the funds raised will be used to support various climate projects of the Hollywood star.