Swiss police investigate boy, 8, over toy banknotes

Child will reportedly have a record until 2032 after asking in shop if he could use fake euros

Swiss police have investigated an eight-year-old boy after he allegedly asked whether he could use a toy banknote in a village shop.

The fake euro note was Chinese joss paper spirit money" - used as symbolic burnt offerings at funerals to ensure the dead have a happy afterlife, according to the Basler Zeitung (BaZ) newspaper.