A man in Jaipur purchases an e-scooter worth ₹1 Lakh using ₹10 Coins.

A Jaipur man gained notoriety when he used just ₹ 10 coins to purchase a brand-new Ather 450 electric scooter. CEO of Ather Energy Tarun Mehta shared a photo of the happy e-scooter owner along with the cash he used to buy it, expressing his admiration for the man's inventive mode of payment. Mr. Mehta added in the caption that the man purchased the Ather 450 model, which retails for slightly more than ₹ 1 Lakh on the company's website.
"A new Ather owner just bought himself a 450 in Jaipur... all with 10Re coins!" Mr. Mehta shared the photo along with a note. The man is seen in the picture with several people standing next to him, clutching a massive replica e-scooter key. A table,Since Mr. Mehta shared the post a few days ago, it has received hundreds of likes and more than 44,000 views. As they responded to the post on social media, users left a variety of comments.

"Do they count coins manually or if weight of each coin remaining same they'll just weigh it all to arrive at the total?" joked a user. Another person questioned, "So did the dealer weigh the coins instead of counting?!"
Another man in Assam purchased a scooter in 2022 with a sack full of coins he had saved. A few years prior, a video featuring a Russian blogger purchasing an iPhone XS from an Apple store while carrying a bathtub full of change went viral.