{"id":229114,"date":"2025-03-24T21:04:48","date_gmt":"2025-03-24T21:04:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/rare-chinese-bible-donated-to-chelmsford-charity-shop-sells-for-56000-itv-news\/"},"modified":"2025-03-24T21:04:48","modified_gmt":"2025-03-24T21:04:48","slug":"rare-chinese-bible-donated-to-chelmsford-charity-shop-sells-for-56000-itv-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/rare-chinese-bible-donated-to-chelmsford-charity-shop-sells-for-56000-itv-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Rare Chinese bible donated to Chelmsford charity shop sells for \u00a356,000 | ITV News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.ytimg.com\/vi\/0aB4Bywyiyc\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Rare Chinese bible donated to Chelmsford charity shop sells for \u00a356,000 | ITV News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0aB4Bywyiyc\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Oxfam staff said they were in &quot;complete shock&quot; after the sale, as the book was initially valued at between \u00a3600 and \u00a3800, as ITV News Reporter Cari Davies found out.<\/p>\n<p>The book is the first complete bible in Chinese and dates from 1815-22, when protestant missionaries living in the country began to translate scripture.<\/p>\n<p>Nick Reeves, Oxfam Chelmsford\u2019s bookshop manager, said: \u201cThe Bible was originally found by some of our brilliant volunteers, Chris Tyrrell and Eleanor Atac, in a pile of donations, who suspected it could be worth something.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s amazing to think that a donation from our shop could help raise that much money Oxfam. 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