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Cai Mingchao, 44, told a press conference in Beijing that he would not pay for the bids; and that he made the bogus offer to protest the sale of looted Chinese relics.

今年44岁的蔡铭超在北京召开的新闻发布会上表示他不会对拍品付款。在拍卖会上的竞标主要是为了保护流失海外的中国文物。

The buyer, Cai Mingchao, who secured the two pieces for EURO 31m ($46m), turned out to be an adviser to a Chinese foundation which seeks to retrieve plundered treasures.

以3100万欧元（4600万美元）竞得两尊铜首的买主蔡铭超，结果是一家旨在索回被掠珍宝的中国基金会顾问。

Winning bids are binding legal contracts, so Christie´s could sue the collector, Cai Mingchao, to enforce his bid for the two 18th-century statues, shaped like a rat and a rabbit.

竞拍中标是具有法律效力的契约，因此佳士得可以起诉竞拍成功的收藏家蔡铭超，强制要求他为拍得的18世纪铜鼠首和铜兔首付款。