A fake beggar's plan for easy money was busted by police in Fuzhou, Fujian province on Dec 10.

The beggar, apparently crippled, was sitting on a sidewalk near a crossroad on the second ring road, looking for alms at around 10 am, when policemen noticed him and were ready to drive him off the road

Surprisingly, the frightened man tossed his crotch and began to run.

He was seized eventually, and confessed to pretending to be a crippled scrounger in order to make some easy money.

Police let him go after fining him for disrupting traffic.