Fire fighters in China were a little amused when they rushed in to rescue a woman's hand, which was jammed in the sewer of a toilet in a hospital.

The woman, surnamed Zhang, was in the hospital visiting her sick husband, reports the China Daily.

She dropped 117 dollars in the pot after using the facility, which is why she put her hand in.

Fire fighters in Xi'an, capital of Shaanxi province, took an hour to free Zhang's hand from the mess without causing her hand any harm.