Pure trust

On my walk to the supermarket I came across this ingenious safeguarding security system.  A bit of tape wrapped around the handles of the  wheelbarrow and then tied around the tree. On my return some 45 minutes later the wheelbarrow remains, untouched so to speak by human hands. There is an open fronted "shop" where artists hang out, very close by. These guys are copyists, they paint remarkable look alikes from photos. Was the wheelbarrow's owner in there, using the barrow to bring or take his canvas back or forth? I haven't learnt the  Vietnamese word for sorry, so didn't interfere with this robust security system. The only taking I did was a few  photos and  then left, as you do. Only in Vietnam.