That's when the auction began.

There are two people presiding over the auction, one man and one woman, two in turn. After the man had read out some of the rules of the auction, someone pushed the first item up in a wheelbarrow. According to the hostess of the beautiful woman, this is a Buddha statue of Wang Songzan Ganbu in Tibet. It is 27 centimeters high and its body is made of 999 pure gold. The statue is inlaid with four emeralds and twelve diamonds. Of course, the most striking one is the ruby the size of a thumb on the forehead of the Buddha statue. This is a...