A rare 700-year-old Chinese scroll has been sold for $41.8 million in an auction in Hong Kong. The 6.6-feet scroll, titled 'Five Drunken Princes Returning on Horseback' is by Ren Renfa, a renowned Chinese artist and government official.

Rare 700-year-old scroll fetches $41.8 million in auction

Indian soldiers fighting for the Anglo-French army against the Chinese in the Second Opium War were captured and killed in 1860. Their deaths set off a chain of events that led to the destruction of China's fabled Old Summer Palace and the demise of the Qing Dynasty. In a strange historical coincidence, the man responsible for inflicting retribution to the Chinese lies buried in McLeodganj in Himachal Pradesh.

Time Traveller: Indian soldiers' role in China's history | Opium War | Dalai Lama

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Rare 700-year-old scroll fetches $41.8 million in auction

Time Traveller: Indian soldiers' role in China's history | Opium War | Dalai Lama