"We planned to use part of the money to pay for our child's studies at school"

Mr Zhao had asked his wife to store around 7,200 yuan (£775) inside the pocket of a coat. But the mouse invasion transformed the cash into a worthless heap of pink, white and purple confetti.

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“Almost all the 100-yuan banknotes were in small pieces,” the Shanghai Daily newspaper reported on Wednesday.

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