China has suspended one of its high-flying officials for allegedly spending an accumulated unpaid bill of $115,080 (700,000 yuan) at a specialty pig trotter restaurant.

Han Junhong, party secretary in Wangluo in the central province of Henan, was the implicated government official in the latest drive to bust corrupt officers. According to the Global Times, Han allegedly accumulated the unpaid bills over a span of three years. The unnamed restaurant was dubbed as the town's designated venue for official functions.

An employee cuts the throat of a pig at Santacarnes slaughterhouse in Santarem, October 10, 2013. The Santacarnes slaughterhouse, which started business in 1992, currently has 60 employees who can slaughter around 200 pigs or 45 cows per hour. In 2012, the Santacarnes slaughterhouse butchered around 36,500 animals. Picture taken October 10, 2013. REUTERS/Rafael Marchante (PORTUGAL - Tags: FOOD ANIMALS SOCIETY BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT)

The lavish lifestyle and spending could have been entirely gone unnoticed had not for the posting of banners by restaurant owner Geng Weijie outside his establishment. The banners was purposely set up to shame Han into paying up.

"I had no other way but to put up banners with details of the debt outside my restaurant in an attempt to recover the money," Geng, 42, told Global Times.

He was supposed to have received cash payments in installments, but government cash flow difficulties sometimes hindered this, Zhao Zhanhong, office director of the township government was quoted by The Beijing News.

An employee guides pigs at Santacarnes slaughterhouse in Santarem, October 10, 2013. The Santacarnes slaughterhouse, which started business in 1992, currently has 60 employees who can slaughter around 200 pigs or 45 cows per hour. In 2012, the Santacarnes slaughterhouse butchered around 36,500 animals. Picture taken October 10, 2013. REUTERS/Rafael Marchante (PORTUGAL - Tags: FOOD ANIMALS SOCIETY BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

The two bright red banners Geng posted outside his shop blaringly shouted, "Town secretary and town chief, pay back the money: 700,000 yuan of IOUs!"

The result was instantaneous. On Friday, his company's account received a bank deposit worth 700,450 yuan, according to local media.

In addition, Han also appeared at Geng's doorstep, apologizing for his faults. He has been suspended pending a disciplinary investigation.