Beautiful living in Indonesia is possible if you are superwealthy
Ben Knapen
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Indonesian opulence: The 62-year old lawyer Warsito Sanyoto and his
wife Nila, 32.Ahmad “deNy” Salman (reachdeny@gmail.com) |
Indonesia is a poor country, at least on average. But there is also a small rich upper layer of the exhibitionist kind.
That Warsito Sanyoto lives here is beyond doubt. His name appears in large letters on the pedestal of one of the statues in the driveway. And that man underneath the pillars and the Arcadian dome standing before his front door, with his striking silk shirt, the gold chains and the rubies in his rings, waving affably – that man we know from the photo.
Warsito Sanyoto (62) is a lawyer of the exhibitionist kind. And superwealthy. He has lived in his dream home three years now, with his (third) wife Nila (32), and for some time now also with their child of 18 months. Warsito is fascinated by Versace and by Italy. Why Italy? ‘Because of the mafia’, he answers with a laugh.
Extravagant is an understatement of his preferences. Domes with Arcadian scenes, pompous sofas with built-in remote controls, classical statues, huge lamps covered in leaf gold, curly balustrades, cupid angels, a fake open hearth, chandeliers, glazed porcelain, a stuffed tiger.
And then his Roman swimming pool – in the middle of the house, and high above it a sliding roof. Female statues with naked upper torsos
