Termites munch through a fortune

2013-06-11 145

Losing your money to a bad investment, or having it eaten away by inflation is one thing - but having your savings literally eaten is quite another.

That is what happened to an elderly Chinese woman.

Given 400,000 yuan by her children - that's nearly 50,000 euros - the woman didn't put in the bank. Instead she popped it in a draw, inside a plastic bag, at her home.

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