{"id":571,"date":"2017-01-08T07:48:25","date_gmt":"2017-01-07T23:48:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/2017\/01\/08\/ex-wife-accused-of-wrecking-usd1-million-violin-collection\/"},"modified":"2017-01-08T07:48:25","modified_gmt":"2017-01-07T23:48:25","slug":"ex-wife-accused-of-wrecking-usd1-million-violin-collection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/ex-wife-accused-of-wrecking-usd1-million-violin-collection\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-wife Accused Of Wrecking USD1 Million Violin Collection"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>An ethnic Chinese woman living in Japan has been arrested in Tokyo, accused of destroying her ex-husband\u2019s violin collection ( 54 violins and 70 bows) worth nearly US$1 million.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>An ethnic Chinese woman living in Japan has been arrested in Tokyo, accused of destroying her ex-husband\u2019s violin collection ( 54 violins and 70 bows) worth nearly US$1 million.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"1SCMP.png\" style=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/Fp3GNrymD9wpxZ7m1QnMSutirSMk?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" width=\"621\" height=\"347\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_73 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" 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instruments \u2013 54 violins and 70 bows \u2013 which her ex-husband said were worth a total of around 105.9 million yen (US$950,700), according to the report.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Youtube8.png\" style=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/Fjcn-Pi5TQNo1GjI25yfvu1TRa8W?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" width=\"589\" height=\"259.6519721577726\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Youtube7.png\" style=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/FhWKuYrIrNlJYGO-4YFQf4kBaZ6D?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" width=\"589\" height=\"272.30150753768845\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"y5.png\" style=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/FupqJm0qnRPETCL4h2ne3YQG0cuX?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" width=\"589\" height=\"267.2048780487805\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<h5><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Photo_Youtube\"><\/span>Photo: Youtube<br \/><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h5>\n<hr>\n<p>The most valuable violin destroyed was believed to have been a Nicolo Amati from Italy with an estimated value of 50 million yen, classical music news site The Violin Channel said.<\/p>\n<p>It named the alleged victim as 62-year-old Daniel Olsen Chen, a Norwegian-born professional violinist who makes and repairs the instruments in Japan.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Leicester Post.jpg\" style=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/FidgGB8R4XWM74C2EU-MuAGEdJO3?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" width=\"589\" height=\"391.95272727272726\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<h5><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Photo_Leicester_Post\"><\/span>Photo: Leicester Post<br \/><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h5>\n<hr>\n<p>On his website, Chen says he has a Chinese background and has been a professional violin and bow maker since 1993.<\/p>\n<p>A video apparently uploaded by Chen in August last year shows police investigating what looks like a ransacked apartment, with smashed violins and other instruments, belongings strewn everywhere, along with wrecked furniture and appliances. It includes a caption identifying Kawamiya by her Chinese name, Qin Yue.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Youtube3.png\" style=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/Fm82rD82NUAFREnbskg0zWcRF9km?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" width=\"589\" height=\"262.41162227602905\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Youtube6.png\" style=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/FldUXMegD5Uof7RR6b2VgDAe1g28?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" width=\"589\" height=\"265.48522167487687\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<h5><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Youtube4.png\" style=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/FkJ5n_rfPH6exnUse6N_9nCAdmoH?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" width=\"589\" height=\"266.55474452554745\" title=\"\"><br \/><\/h5>\n<p>Photo: Youtube<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The couple were going through a divorce at the time of the alleged incident, Kyodo cited the police as saying. The divorce went through last year.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Kawamiya, who regularly travels between Japan and China, was arrested when she arrived in Tokyo on Tuesday. 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