Schoolgirl, 15, buys a £90 copying robot to write homework

A Chinese student who got away with using an 800 yuan (£90) copying robot to write her homework for her was only caught because her assignment had been done ‘too quickly’.

The ninth-grader in Harbin, Heilongjiang province surprised her mother after completing all her holiday assignments in two days - with perfect handwriting and zero mistakes, according to Chinese reports. The mother grew suspicious and eventually discovered the machine - a metal frame attached to a pen - in her daughter’s room.

The furious mother broke the copy device and scolded her daughter following the discovery, according to Qianjiang Evening News.