Woman sues TV soap after seeing her own bedroom appear in episode

The woman spotted her bedroom while watching a TV drama in 2019, and then a year later saw it in another TV show

File image: The crew of the TV dramas reportedly shot 60 scenes in the house without the knowledge of the owner (Getty Images)

A woman in China sued producers of two TV series after she spotted her bedroom featured in them without her knowledge.

The woman, who only used the family name Lin in court documents, identified the bedroom of her residences when she was watching a series called ‘Heart to Heart Dialogues’ on TV in September 2019, according to a report in the South China Morning Post. 

She said she was “shocked” to see the main lead of the show sleeping in her bedroom, as she wasn’t aware of any shooting permission given for the residence.

A year later, she found another TV series ‘About is Love’ had also shot scenes in her villa, and she added their names in the suit filed in the local court.

The villa, based in Cixi, Zhejiang, was used as a holiday home by Ms Lin and was worth 30 million yuan (around three million pounds) in 2014 when she bought it, news portal The Paper reported.

The crew of the two drama series reportedly used not just her bedroom, but also the whole premises and shot over 60 scenes. The suit filed in the court also mentioned that some damages were noticed in the house including broken glasses and an elevator.

The house was reportedly being managed by a property company, since Ms Lin stayed in Hangzhou, which in her absence allowed several shoots in her residence and received payments for it, without her knowledge. 

Ms Lin in the suit demanded compensation of one million for occupying and damaging her property without her knowledge, as well as infringing her privacy, however, the court rejected the latter.

The court ordered that a compensation of 400,000 yuan (£44,237) is paid by the property management company and the producers of the TV shows and can be equally divided between the two. 

The lawyer of Ms Lin, however, said they are not happy with the verdict and will appeal it.