A police officer holds a carved ivory object in a police bureau in Meishan, Sichuan, on Jan 5, 2015. [Photo/IC]

Among the seized items Yang once sold to her clients were three bowls made of rhino horn, which were priced at 200,000 yuan ($32,180) each, and four statuettes of Guanyin (the Buddhist Goddess of Mercy).

According to the police, Yang asked a high price for these crafts, and the transaction amounts reached 1.3 million yuan ($209,170) in total, the highest among all suspects.