‘Bored’ 5-year-old Chinese boy tears P363K worth of banknotes

Chinese yuan bills. INQUIRER stock photo

Seemingly bored at home, a five-year-old boy tore up banknotes amounting to 50,000 yuan (over P362,000), which were hidden by his parents inside a drawer.

As reported by South China Morning Post and local news sites, the kid was temporarily left behind by his parents in Qingdao, China, when he decided to entertain himself by ripping up his parent’s savings. When his father, reportedly with the surname Gao, arrived home and learned of his son’s wrongdoing, he quickly collected the scraps and brought it to the local bank.

The bank employees promised him to replace all his damaged notes if he could piece them all back together. For the next two days, Gao painstakingly worked on reconstructing the yuan bills but failed to complete the task. Some of the banknotes were ripped into three or four pieces while the rest were torn into tiny pieces, making it hard for Gao to piece them together.

The damaged bills were reported to be a loan by Gao from a bank. Despite what happened, Gao chose not to scold his son: “After all, he’s too young to understand.” Gianna Francesca Catolico/JB

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