The company decided to pay 200,000 yuan (US$29,000) to three men who came to Daye and claimed to be Huang's relatives. But when the company was checking their identities, the three men fled without the compensation or the cremains.

"More surprisingly, we got the news from Leibo County that the real Huang Suoge committed suicide three years ago," said Li Yunbao, board chairman of the company.

The Daye city police were checking the identities of the dead and trying to arrest the suspects.