A peculiar mystery involving the presence of more than 1,000 QR codes on Gravstone in Munich, Germany has finally resolved. The QR code first attracted public attention in December last year when the cemetery-goer saw a prudent sticker pasted on the headstone of its loved ones. When the scan was done, the code revealed the names of the delayed departed in the tomb and their place.
The 5×3.5-CENTIMETER (1.95×1.2-inch) stickers were placed on both old and new tombs in Waldfidehoff, Sendinger Fredhoff and Freedhof Solan cemetery.
“This is really strange. We thought, ‘What could be the feeling of such a sticker?” new York Times.
As the mystery deepened, a part of social media users claimed that it was a viral marketing stunt, while the other had made a statement to a wandle or even a technology-loving artist.
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Mystery unveil
Since the codes were removed and the adhesive was paying the cost of a fortune for the cemetery, the police was earlier this week to investigate the case. As it has been revealed, a local horticulture business, whose name has not been made public, was behind the QR code.
The company was tasked with cleaning the graves of the cemetery along with a senior manager Alfred Zanker, stating that the sticker helped its employees keep the track, in which the headstone had already gone through maintenance.
“We are a big company. Everything is to be a systematic way,” he told the Munich newspaper Suddatsche Zitung.
According to the German newspaper, the repair process is relatively complex because the headstone has to be demolished and taken away. Later, the stain is dropped down and the stone is put back into place.
“Due to a large number of cases, the police estimate that the total damage is estimated to be in the mid-six-day limit, ie about 4.5 crore rupees or 500,000 euros.”
In particular, the cemetery in Munich allows the use of the QR code to reach the relatives of the deceased to reach an online monument filled with photographs and other digital fungi. However, those codes are applied to gravstone via a carvation or metal plate.
