India, Nov. 4 -- A Chinese man has been left stunned after discovering that more than one million yuan (US$140,000), which he had entrusted to his girlfriend for safekeeping, was instead spent almost entirely on cosmetic procedures.

According to a report by South China Morning Post, the man, identified only as Jin, had gradually handed over the money to his girlfriend, Min, over several years. He considered it a way to give her financial security and stability as their relationship grew, but he later learned that the funds had been used to pay for a series of expensive beauty treatments.

Min had moved from Jiangxi province to Chongqing to live with him and Jin believed giving her control over his savings would provide her with a sense o...