Treasure hunters in China cause havoc over worthless rocks

Thousands of hunters search for red stones they believe are precious in a tea garden in Houzhang village, Pan'an county in Zhejiang province. FU YINGJIE/CHINA DAILY.

HANGZHOU/ BEIJING: Thousands of people have turned a small village in eastern China upside down in a search for what they believe are precious red rubies, which turned out to be worthless rocks.

Thousands of people have turned a small village in Zhejiang province, eastern China, upside down in a search for what they believe are precious red rubies. However, a senior official said that the so-called rubies are worthless rocks.