Wang's $50m bags get their day in the sun

Hong Kong diva and actress Liza Wang Ming-chun laid all her luxury handbags - with an estimated value of HK$50 million - under the sun on her rooftop.

Web users mistook her as flexing her wealth, but the 75-year-old actress said it is her secret way to preserve her wardrobe.

Often praised by web users for being trendy, the "mother of fashion" uploaded a video to Instagram at the weekend, consisting of photos of dozens of brand-name handbags, including Gucci, Fendi, LV and Burberry, placed on tables on the roof of her three-story detached house in Sai Kung.

Her husband Law Kar-ying, a Cantonese opera singer and actor, once said her handbags were worth "at least HK$30 million or HK$50 million."

When living in North Point with family in her earlier years, Wang said her mother had instructed them to hang clothes under the sun.

"We have to sunbathe them continuously for two days to make sure that all the clothes are clean, sterilized, no moths, no mold, that they could be worn longer."