The great wall of cash: Chinese farmer builds new villa featuring huge banknotes in walls so that his ex-wife knows what she's missing out on <br /> <br /> A Chinese farmer had banknotes engraved into the side of his home to show his estranged wife what she is missing.<br /> <br /> Zhao Mashui, 53, paid for giant carvings of currencies to show the mother of his children, who reportedly left him 20 years ago, that he had been a success without her. <br /> <br /> He paid for enlarged versions of the two, five, 50 and 100 Renmenbi notes, 1000 Hong Kong dollars and an American 100-dollar-bill to be carved on a 20-metre wall, <br /> <br /> Mr Zhao said he had to act as both mother and father to his four daughters and one son after she left.<br /> <br /> 'I just don't want my wife to look down upon me. I am able to build a new house and support my family well,' he said, <br /> The father-of-five came up with the idea when he decided to renovate the wall last June. <br /> <br /> Only one wall has banknotes at the moment but Mr Zhao plans to put them on all four walls before long.<br /> <br /> 'If you come this time next year, you'll see hundreds of banknotes on the wall by then,' added Zhao. <br /> With their intricate pattern and realistic colour, each note took specialists two days to complete, costing more than thirty thousand yuan (£3100) so far.<br /> <br /> His house in Jinjingfu village in Quanzhou City, Fujian province, has now become popular with locals who want to visit the wall of cash.<br /> ©Exclusivepix Media
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