https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/wx5zdy/yu-gi-oh-card-linked-to-huge-embezzlement-case-bid-up-to-dollar13m-at-auction-in-china

A Chinese court in the Anhui Province canceled an auction this week for a Yu-Gi-Oh card linked to a multi-million dollar embezzlement case after its price was inexplicably bid up to $13 million.

According to a report by The South China Morning Post, and spotted by Kotaku, the card was initially put up for sale for $12 on Monday, but bids poured in once collectors began to suspect the Blue-Eyes White Dragon card was a special edition card of which only 500 copies were made available to participants of a 2018 lottery. The cards were delivered in 2019, are made of pure gold, and typically valued at around $2,000—if authenticated, which this card is not.