In Reply to: And the Indonesia embassy told us posted by Sharon on Friday, 29. April 2011 at 21:19 Bali Time:
The general requirements for visa on arrival are:
The applicant's passport must be valid for at least 6 (six) months from the date of entry.
So you were given wrong information. I myself have entered Indonesia on a passport that had 6 months & 3 days validity. I stayed for 19 days. So my passport had less than 6 months on it when I left.