A Chinese couple have successfully finished piecing together more than 1,000 bank notes, which were hacked to pieces by the husband's father. The husband was only identified by his surname Chen.

Chen's father, an 85-year-old man, who apparently had trust issues, cut ¥140,000 ($21,200) worth of bank notes into pieces in October so his son and daughter-in-law can "forget about the money." 

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Chen told local media that his father sold their old house in Liaoning province's Anshan City last year for ¥200,000 ($30,000) and kept the huge amount of cash with him. He and his wife have been trying to persuade the old man to deposit the money in the bank, but he refused. 

Thinking that Chen and his wife wanted to take the money for themselves, the old man cut the ¥140,000 in October last year to "solve the problem once and for all."

After telling his son what he'd done, the couple took the chopped banknotes to the nearest bank, which promised to accept the money after they piece them back together. 

Chen and his wife spent three months putting the banknotes together. They even took a leave from their jobs and reportedly spent 17 hours a day on the task from 7 am to midnight.  

The couple finished the gruelling task this week and finally deposited it to the bank, along with the remaining uncut ¥60,000. 

It is unclear what the couple plan to do with the money - whether they would prove the old man's fears right and keep it to themselves. But have they not earned it?

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