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Inside the overgrown ‘car graveyard’ where 200 luxury vehicles including Bentleys and Mercedes lie rotting

Motors in the Chinese city of Chengdu are estimated to be worth millions of pounds

MILLIONS of pounds worth of luxury cars lie abandoned in the undergrowth of a former car park, forgotten by their owners - these eery pictures reveal.

Hundreds of the grand old vehicles - including Mercedes, Land Rovers and Bentleys - sit forgotten in the shrubbery of the lot in Chengdu, China.

More than 200 luxury cars lie abandoned in the overgrown car park in Chengdu
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More than 200 luxury cars lie abandoned in the overgrown car park in ChengduCredit: CEN
They include two Bentleys, estimated to be worth more than £300,000
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They include two Bentleys, estimated to be worth more than £300,000Credit: CEN
A Land Rover lies abandoned in the former car park, overcome by shrubbery
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A Land Rover lies abandoned in the former car park, overcome by shrubberyCredit: CEN
The cars' owners had them impounded when they went on trial in Sichuan state
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The cars' owners had them impounded when they went on trial in Sichuan stateCredit: CEN
But many of the vehicles remain unclaimed and authorities have started to auction them off
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But many of the vehicles remain unclaimed and authorities have started to auction them offCredit: CEN

Two of the vehicles - a Bentley Continental GT and another Bentley Flying Spur - are believed to be worth more than £300,000 alone.

Locals named the area the "car graveyard" as nature slowly reclaimed the classic motors.

They are locked up in the lot by Sichuan state officials as their owners await criminal trials.

Among the Audis and Rolls-Royces are motorcycles and cheaper Sedans that are due to be scrapped.

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Dozens of luxury German cars including BMWs, Audis and Mercedes have been snapped in the former parking lot
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Dozens of luxury German cars including BMWs, Audis and Mercedes have been snapped in the former parking lotCredit: CEN
The vehicles are estimated to be worth millions of pounds in total
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The vehicles are estimated to be worth millions of pounds in totalCredit: CEN
But some are virtually worthless and are set to be scrapped in the coming months
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But some are virtually worthless and are set to be scrapped in the coming monthsCredit: CEN

Chinese authorities in the Sichuan province auctioned off a number of vehicles last year.

But dozens of the motors still sit rotting away in the foliage.

And many more arrive every week as their owners await trial.

The lot was given the nickname the "car graveyard" by locals in the central Chinese city of Chengdu
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The lot was given the nickname the "car graveyard" by locals in the central Chinese city of ChengduCredit: CEN
Other vehicles on the disused land include motorbikes and Sedans
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Other vehicles on the disused land include motorbikes and SedansCredit: CEN

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