A woman in Chongqing municipality decided to swallow the evidence when a vendor found her money was fake, Chongqing Times reported.

The 40-year-old woman went into a toy store on a downtown street in the city Friday and tried to buy a toy gun for 15 yuan (US$2.2). When the shop owner saw that the money was fake, the woman quickly took back the note and swallowed it.

The woman was taken to the police station for questioning.

(China Daily January 23, 2009)