A photo of a man kneeling and bowing before an Automatic Teller Machine in Shenzhen’s Futian District has been put on Weibo, prompting much speculation about what the man was doing, according to Shenzhen Evening News.

At around 10 a.m. on September 11, Sina Weibo user named Beckzem took the picture at an unidentified bank in Jingtian, an area where several newspapers are based. Another speculated that he was praying for more money.

The middle-aged man in the picture first placed his brief case on top of the trash can beside the ATM, then began to take out 100-RMB notes one-by-one, ceremoniously placing them on the ledge of the machine. After taking out his last 100-RMB note, he then got on his knees, bowed his head and held it up before the machine.

According to the microblogger, there was a policeman at the scene, but the man was not committing a crime, so nothing was done. Shenzhen Evening News later contacted the Futian Public Security Bureau who said they had received no reports of the incident.

On Sina Weibo, one respondent said he supported anybody who holds beliefs. Another suggested that he was praying for more money, and in response the original poster speculated that the man was a failed businessman.

As one Sina Weibo post pointed out over the weekend, Chinese who are serious about smashing Japanese products should also smash ATMs, the majority of which are made by Japanese companies.

Somehow that seems unlikely.