A thief used an innovative method to pick a lock on Friday – dumping acid on it.

The victims, a pair of Russey Keo garment workers, were at work at a nearby factory when the bizarre break-in occurred.

Neighbours called the couple to inform them that their front door was open, only for the luckless labourers to return home to a melted doorknob and a house storing $300 less than when they left.

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