A woman in Jharkhand's Palamau district on Wednesday allegedly that a goldsmith replaced her jewellery worth Rs 5 lakh with fake ornaments, police said here.
Hussainabad Sub-divisional Police Officer Vijay Kumar said the woman has filed an FIR in this regard and police is investigating the matter.
Former chairperson of Hussainabad Nagar panchayat Usha Devi had called a goldsmith to her house and gave her ornaments to him for polishing.
After polishing the jewellery the man handed the ornaments, took his polishing charges from her and left the house, according to the FIR.
Later, Usha Devi found that the original jewellery was replaced with fake ornaments by the man before he handed them to her, it said.