Experts warn 'meteorites' being sold on the Internet may be fake

As online searches for "space rocks" soar in the wake of the Russian meteorite crash, a Beijing geologist has warned shoppers they run the risk of wasting money trying to get hold of a space souvenir.

Taobao, China's largest online marketplace, said in its daily digital bulletin on Sunday that results for the word "meteor" in Chinese rose 750 percent last week.