Yours for £1.4 million: World's most expensive Koi Carp is bought for £1 million more than previous world record S Legend, a 3ft 3ins Koi Carp, has been sold for a record amount in Hiroshima The red and white fish is nine years old and was subject to a fierce bidding war She was bought by a woman called Miss Yingying from Taiwan The Kohaku variety fish will stay in Japan and take part in a national Koi Carp competition where the prize money is... nothing
Mena: I will never lose hope in this life because I am not making enough money because there is to many opportunity in this world to become rich. somebody sold a $1 million fish at an auction in Japan. I am going to analyze the possibility for me to go in the Koi Carp fish business.
The 3ft 3in long red and white Koi Carp was bought by a collector from Taiwan after a fierce bidding war at the Saki Fish farm in the city of Hiroshima
The female Koi, which has the name S Legend, is of the Kohaku variety and the most recognisable among the many varieties of carp that can be bought. Pictured: The sale lot in which S Legend was bought for £1.4 million
After a tense battle, Miss Yingying from Taiwan emerged the successful bidder, buying the fish from breeder Kentaro Sakai for 203 million Yen