A text message shows Liu returning about 1.2 billion yuan mistakenly sent by a bank in Changsha. [Photo: Beijing Youth Daily]

A man in Changsha, central China's Hunan province has returned about 1.2 billion yuan (175 million USD) mistakenly sent by a bank, Beijing Youth Daily reports.

The man surnamed Liu said that he opened an account at a bank branch of the Rural Commercial Bank in Changsha on January 15th, and later he received a call from the bank asking him to return a large sum of money mistakenly sent by the bank. The bank told him that a new employee mistook Liu's 10-digit account number for a transfer amount and sent 1.2 billion yuan to Liu. Liu forgave the mistake and returned the money to the bank, and in return the bank gave him a packet of cigarettes and a red envelope of 200 yuan (29 USD).

The bank gave Liu a red envelope with 200 yuan after Liu returned a large sum of money transferred to his account by mistake. [Photo: Beijing Youth Daily]