An old woman finds herself thousands of pounds out of
pocket after termites munch her stash of cash.
An elderly lady in southern China has lost all her
savings to termites.
The £42,000-worth of cash was given to the woman by
her children six months ago.
But instead of depositing the money in the bank, she
wrapped it up in a plastic bag and stored it in a
wooden drawer in her house, according to the state-
run CCTV channel.
The unlucky lady, whose identity has not been
released, only realised her cash had been munched
through by termites in April when she opened the
drawer to take out some money to pay for decorating
work.
In a panic, she took the banknotes – which had all
been damaged – to a local bank in the hope that they
could be still identified.
After several rounds of scanning and comparing, the
bank managed to verify around £35,000.
However, that means the old lady has still lost 15% of
her savings.
