Osaka Man Maeyasu Kawamura, 60, broke the previous record (unofficial, -.-) set by his fellow national Shigeo Kodama who stole 4,400 pieces of lingerie. From Mainichi (via) A man under indictment for stealing a woman's kimono had collected about 8,200 items of women's underwear and other clothing at his one-room apartment here and wrapped himself in some of the clothes when he slept, investigators said.
Local police were forced to mobilize five mini buses to transport the clothing -- including a wedding dress -- they had confiscated from the apartment to the police station.
The suspect admitted that he had stolen a massive amount of women's clothes. "Over the past decade I've randomly stolen women's clothes and underwear," he was quoted as saying during questioning.