A Chinese man recovering in hospital after a car crash had a shock - when all 17 of his girlfriends turned up to see him.

Mr Yuan, from Changsha, was involved in the accident on March 24 and has been in hospital ever since.

None of the women knew he had been seeing anyone else - some for up to nine years - and one even had a son with him.

The women discovered his secret after doctors contacted all of them to let them know he had been injured.

Xiao Li, who had been seeing Mr Yuan for 18 months, said: 'I was really worried when I heard that he was in hospital.

'But when I started seeing more and more beautiful girls show up, I couldn't cry any more.'

Other girls said they had started planning their weddings with Mr Yuan.

Wang Fang, the mother of his son, added: 'What can I do now? I don't love him any more, but I do love my son.'

The women have now set up an online Facebook group so they can all chat and are quickly discovering just how much he hid from them, South China Morning Post reported.

Police have launched an investigation into allegations of fraud. It is too early to say if the girlfriends were victims of a scam, officials added.

Damn....badt guy

Errrrmm, now whats that thing temitemi1 use to say about "mentors" & "role models"

That feeling of I am a learner when you read this kind of news.