Instead of writing her a letter or giving her a phone call, a lovesick husband took the rather unusual step of throwing $1,000 (£610) worth of single dollar bills off a shopping centre balcony in an attempt to win back his estranged wife.

Serge Vorobyov had hoped to impress his wife with the stunt, which was accompanied by performers singing Dean Martin’s classic Christmas song Let It Snow, but was instead reprimanded by police for disorderly conduct.

The 29-year-old was also banned from the Mall of America in Minnesota for a year.

A YouTube clip of the stunt shows Mr Vorobyov dropping the money from the top floor of the mall, with people at the bottom grabbing the notes as they fall.




He later explained he was ‘going through a horrible divorce’ and he didn’t see how the stunt amounted to disorderly conduct.

And no, his wife did not show up to the mall after being invited along.