A couple in China is being sued by a car dealership after their daughter scratched the paint of more than 10 new vehicles sitting in the showroom.

According to 7news Australia, the couple was accompanying their friend who was visiting the dealership, and brought along their three-year-old daughter. It wasn’t until after they left that they found out their daughter had taken a stone and drawn into the paint of 10 new cars, including an Audi Q8.

The father, referred to in reports only as Mr. Zhao, is being sued for 200,000 Chinese Yuan (CDN$37,500), according to the Lingui People’s Court.

The dealership says the vehicles can no longer be sold as new cars as a result of the damage, and that it may reevaluate the assessment if the vehicles’ values are found to have depreciated after their respray.

If the dealership tried to still sell them as new cars, they could be sued for false advertising, and would have to compensate triple the purchase price if found guilty — so it would rather not take that chance. The vehicles, although “new,” will have to be sold as used.

According to the court, Mr. Zhao rejected the 200,000 RMB demand, but ended up reaching a settlement with the dealership of about 70,000 RMB (around CDN$13,000).

The silver lining is that somebody out there is going to get a great deal on an Audi with fresh paint!