Traditional Chinese chamber pots were sold as "fruit baskets" on Amazon for up to 20 times the price paid by people in China.

The video, filmed in Shanghai on February 27, shows spittoons being sold in a local shop.

The shop owner named Fei Baoying said: “It is hilarious that foreigners bought the spittoons and just put them in their backpack. I asked them why did they buy so many spittoons. They told me they would use it to grow flowers. They said the spittoon is Chinese artwork.”

A picture in the video shows the spittoons being marketed as traditional fruit baskets and were being sold for around £29 on Amazon.

However, the average price of the spittoon is only around 20yuan (£2.23) to 30yuan (£3.34).

The video was provided by local media with permission.

位于上海太原路上的这家昊诚商行，就几个平方大，几十只痰盂的库存，这两天几乎出清。看到外国人来买痰盂，店主也好奇地向他们打听用途。
一个在国内平均售价只要二三十块的痰盂，到了国外身价居然暴涨了20倍，怪不得不少在上海的老外要到店铺里去"抢购"。作为上世纪家家户户必备的日用品，现在还有不少有老人、孩子的家庭需要痰盂。
昊诚商行 老板娘 费宝英介绍：老外买了我痰盂 很搞笑的 就放在双肩包里 我说你买那么多痰盂干嘛 他们就告诉我 养花，这痰盂 他们说是中国的艺术品。

（视频由上海台提供）