A Chinese man who had a gold straw worth 100,000 yuan (US$14,000) tailor-made for drinking milk tea accidentally dropped it while riding his electric bike.

The man surnamed Shou, from eastern China’s Zhejiang province, recently went viral because he asked for police help to look for the golden drinking implement.

Shou was riding his electric bike home at night with the straw in his trouser pocket as he passed over a bumpy manhole, causing the straw to fall out.

Shou panicked and spent an hour looking for the straw without success before calling the police.

Two police officers arrived at the scene and were shocked to learn that Shou wanted them to look for a gold straw weighing about 100g.