A woman in southern China was so sceptical about leaving her handbag that she crawled into an X-ray security scanner rather than let it out of her sight.
The clip showing the woman’s silhouette while she passed through the X-ray machine at a railway station on Sunday went viral on the Chinese internet.
In the video, she is seen passing through the machine’s conveyor belt and appears on the other side to much surprise of several other passengers who were waiting to collect their possessions at the station in the southern city of Dongguan.
So far, the video has been watched more than three million times.
As per the Yangcheng Evening News posted on social media revealed that the woman was worried about her money in her handbag could be stolen while it was being inspected.
Many internet users ridiculed the woman, calling her a “weirdo” and said that she valued money more than her own well-being.
The powerful X-rays used in the machines are harmful to health.
The scanners are common at Chinese transport hubs and can even be found at subway stations and some bus stops.
Train stations are grappling with a mad rush this month as hundreds of millions of people head home to celebrate Lunar New Year.