Renovators got far more than they bargained for when their works dug up woman's skeletal remains and a couple's dark past.

The body of a woman in China who went missing for 28 years has been found in a flowerbed of a shopping mall in Sichuan, Beijing News reported on Monday (April 20).

Wu Yanping's remains were completely skeletal, suggesting that she had been deceased for over 20 years. She also purportedly wore red and black winter clothing at the time of her death, reported local media Newtalk.