Viral series about Chinese teapot escaping from British Museum to become film

Series with 370m views echoes Chinese state media calls for return of cultural relics

A viral series on the Chinese version of TikTok about a jade teapot that turns into a woman and escapes from the British Museum is to be adapted into an animated film.

The plot of Escape from the British Museum, a series made by two social media influencers, echoes Chinese state media calls for the British government to make amends for historical sins" and return Chinese cultural relics.