An antiques collector surnamed Zeng arrived at Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport with a ticket to Haikou of Hainan Province, but refused to board the plane.

The scene took place on Tuesday, when Zeng was seen to carefully put three boxes on the transport belt and then asked the security guards whether there were nails inside his boxes.

Later, Zeng told the security guards that he would not take his air journey, and had just wanted to verify his antiques using the airport's X-ray machine.

Zeng purchased three antiques last week, but was unsure whether they were real or fake. He decided to buy an air ticket to verify his antiques after he was told there were some iron nails inside fake antiques.