Groom arrested over fake wedding guests
A Chinese bride was devastated after discovering most of the guests attending her wedding were total strangers hired by her fiancée.
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The bridegroom, surnamed Wang, said he hired over 200 fake relatives and friends to watch him tie the knot because his real family didn't agree to the marriage, according to People's Daily.
The devastated bride called the police to arrest Mr Wang during the ceremony in Shaanxi province.
The bizarre incident occurred at a three-star hotel in Xi'an during the three-day Labour Day holidays, Apple Daily reported. The exact date of the incident was not known.
The bride, surnamed Liu, was anxious as her future in-laws were nowhere to be found.
As the wedding ceremony was about to start, her husband-to-be insisted that his parents were on the way and would arrive at the venue very soon.
Frustrated by the endless wait, Ms Liu's sister talked to the groom's 'relatives' and 'friends' at the banquet to see if they had any idea where his parents were, according to a video posted to ifeng.
The groom's guests, who were in fact actors, university students and cab drivers, said they were paid £9 to £11 each to pose as wedding guests. They said that 'the groom didn't have enough relatives and friends'.
Ms Liu was shocked and she called police to arrest her husband-to-be for staging the drama.
Mr Wang confessed to the police that he hired the fake relatives and friends because his real family didn't approve his future wife.
Ms His father disliked Ms Liu as she doesn't come from the same town as them.
The couple had been dating for roughly three years before deciding to wed, but according to reports, they had completely different groups of friends.
Local police said the investigation is underway.