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Chinese man who was dating 17 women at once has been found out after his girlfriends turned up to visit him in hospital following a car crash.
The man, surnamed Yuan, from the city of Changsha in Hunan province, had been dating all the women at the same time, and even had a child with one, state media reports.
His luck ran out when hospital staff began contacting his loved ones in the wake of his accident.
A stream of women between the ages of 20 and 40 turned up at Mr Yuan's bedside only to learn of his substantial deception. Some women had been in a relationship with Mr Yuan for over a decade and at least one was planning their wedding.
"I was really worried when I heard that he was in hospital," Xiao Li, a girlfriend of 18 months, told Xiaoxiang Morning Herald. "But when I started seeing more and more beautiful girls show up, I couldn't cry any more."
Mr Yuan's motives appear in part to be monetary. Following a divorce in which he allegedly cheated his wife out of 250,000 yuan (£27,000) he swindled tens of thousands of yuan from his girlfriends, according to China Daily. He faces criminal charges of alleged fraud.
The story went viral on Chinese social media – although public opinion was divided.
One Sina Weibo microblog user, Duanbiao, said: "Hey brother, when do you give a training class? Single dogs [dudes] don't lack money."
Another user, Luk-Yiu, was less congratulatory: "A man with his looks managed to swindle girls and money, what an inspiring story!"
It was not just women that Mr Yuan deceived. According to China Daily he also fabricated a degree in civil engineering from Central South University, a well-respected university, in order to gain employment, though he only held a middle school diploma.
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