Stacks of stolen RMB banknotes are found in a wheat field. [Photo/Morning Express]

Banknotes too heavy for robbers

Two thieves in Hangzhou, East China's Zhejiang province, stole 1 million yuan ($159,900) in bank notes out of a trunk of an Audi Q7 on Jan 29, the Morning Express reported.

The thieves only made off with half of the contents of trunk.

The car owner's husband, who is a contractor, was going to pay his 80 workers before the Spring Festival holiday.

The thieves later confessed that a bag of one million yuan in cash weighed more than 12 kilograms, and that they didn't have the strength to take more.

They buried the money in a wheat field near their uncle's house. Fortunately, the thieves were caught before they could spend the money.

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