"Money, money money / Must be funny / In a rich man's world," so goes the ABBA song.
How "funny" is 100,000 yuan ($20,400)? It can get you a ticket to an exclusive matchmaking party or one square meter in a Shanghai tower.
To find out the "funny" stories that money can create, check out the following top 10 list for 2009's most expensive items in China, selected by China Daily website.
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