Strange but true, a World of Warcraft account was sold to a new owner for £5000 early this month. For those of us who aren't British, that's €7000 euros or approximately $10,000 US dollars.

The night elf Rogue, Zeuzo, was in possession of some of the rarest items in the game, but, unfortunately for the new owner, the account was banned within five days.

World of Warcraft is an online fantasy world in which players create characters and take them adventuring. The characters gain experience and become more powerful by doing all sort of quests (kill this, find that, deliver this).

At the higher levels many players band together to go on raids to kill the most powerful enemies and get the best loot.

Zeuzo's creator, who took the rogue from level zero to high level hero, was contacted for the BBC by other players but he would not confirm or deny reports of the sale.

The Method guild of which Zeuzo was a member also declined to comment on the the sale.

However, the BBC does have independent confirmation that the account was sold for a figure of about 7,000 euros.

Deis via news.bbc.co.uk »