A Navi Mumbai real estate businessman was duped into investing in copper iridium 'antiques' worth Rs 1.54 crore by a gang whose members posed as both, buyers and sellers. The latest antique sold to the businessman was a magical mirror that could reflect people as skeletons or 'nude'.

One of the accused, Yogendra Parjapati, 58, was held on Thursday after a joint investigation by Borivali police and Crime Branch Unit XI. The complainant, Nityanand Naidu, 58, was allegedly told that the mirror was also used by the United States' space agency, NASA.