I'm suddenly feeling very jaded! Woman 'faints in shock' after breaking a £34,000 bracelet by accident while trying it on at a shop in China

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A tourist in China is reported to have fainted after accidentally breaking a jade bracelet worth 300,000 yuan (£34,000).

The woman was visiting a jade market in Ruili City, south western China's Yunnan province on June 27 when she accidentally dropped

Following the smash, the shop's owner told her that the bracelet was worth 300,000 yuan (£34,000).

She was reportedly so shocked that she passed out and had to be placed on the ground by family members in order to recover.

According to witnesses, the family offered the seller 70,000 yuan (£8,000) in damages however he refused saying that was not enough for them to break even.

The bracelet was valued by an independent expert to cost around 180,000 yuan (£20,700). The family agreed to pay the owner this sum of money. ... IMG_20170629_085632.jpgIMG_20170629_085626.jpg