A woman in east China needed a truck to transport hundreds of thousands of coins she received as payment to a bank to be deposited.

Unfortunately for her, several bank refused to take her small change amounting to 540,000 Yuan (£54,000), because they were understaffed and there was no one available to count it.

Her unusual problem was finally solved on March 14 when the Agricultural and Commercial Bank in Dongyang city agreed to draft in all its staff to help out, reported the People’s Daily Online.

Overloaded: A woman in Dongyang city used a truck to carry 540,000 Yuan (£54,000) in coins to the bank

Heavy: Two workers were needed to carry all of the coins from the truck and into the bank on March 14

The woman's husband runs a firm in the city. The 1 Yuan (10p) and 5 Mao (5p) coins were paid to them by a bus company to honour a loan, reported the South China Morning Post.

In total they had 1.16 million Yuan (£110,000) in coins at home, but the wife decided they should deposit a smaller amount as it was too difficult to transport that much money.

She said she was shocked by how much money she had received in coins but decided to keep the money.

The woman contacted several banks but they all refused to take the coins from the woman because it was such a heavy workload to count them all, and they were too understaffed at the time.

Staff at Agricultural and Commercial Bank reportedly said they had never seen a case like this but agreed to take the money as many of their customers were restaurants that needed coins.

Spare change? In total the woman had 1.1 million Yuan (£110,000) in coins at home but didn't take it all with her

Thousands: Bags of coins stacked up outside a bank in Dongyang city, China, the money was refused

Normally they can only handle about 15,000 Yuan (£1,500) in coins a day but after liaising with their customers and staff, they were able to quickly distribute the funds according to QQ.

In accordance with the banks relevant laws and regulations on deposits or withdrawals, it cannot refuse to deposit the money.

However, in practice, when faced with tens of thousands of coins the bank would have difficulties taking it all.

This is not the first time that a large amount of coins has been involved in a transaction in China.

Last year, MailOnline reported that a man paid for a new car with £70,000 in coins in north-east China.