China Scene: East

Phony 'antiques' dealer caught at tollbooth

During a routine check at the toll station of Yanxu Highway in Suqian, Jiangsu province, policemen found the trunk of a sedan apparently filled with cultural relics - including jadeware and copper swords.

However, experts later determined that all of the "relics" were fake. The driver, surnamed Wei, admitted that he had bought the phony artifacts from a nearby town and planned to sell them elsewhere to reap large profits.