Divorces are known to break a heart or two but in one case in Japan, an extra 54 violins were left in tatters. 
 
 A woman has been arrested for destroying her former partner's violin collection and 70 bows, together worth 105.9m yen ($950,700, £770,000). 
 
 The 34-year-old suspect broke into his apartment in Nagoya and wrecked the instruments, police said. 
 
 The incident took place in 2014 in the midst of their breakup but the woman has only just been arrested. 
 
 Her 62-year-old former husband is said to have been both a maker and collector of violins. 
 
 The most valuable instrument among the 54 casualties was an Italian-made violin worth 50m yen, the Kyodo news agency said. 
 
 According to Japanese media, the woman is a Chinese national and was arrested on Tuesday upon returning from China to Tokyo. ||||| The estranged wife of a former violin maker in Nagoya was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of destroying 54 violins and 70 bows that belonged to the man, police said. 
 
 Midori Kawamiya, a 34-year-old seller of musical instruments in Tokyo, has admitted to breaking into his home in Nagoya in 2014 but denied that she damaged the equipment, collectively worth around ¥105.9 million. 
 
 Her 62-year-old Norwegian ex-husband used to make and sell violins in Nagoya. The damaged violins were made or collected by him and included an Italian violin worth about ¥50 million. 
 
 The couple were in the middle of a divorce when the incident allegedly took place. The separation was completed last year. 
 
 Kawamiya allegedly broke into his workshop through a window sometime between Jan. 30 and Feb. 19, 2014, and destroyed the violins and bows. He was on a business trip during the period. 
 
 Kawamiya, who travels between Japan and China, was arrested upon her return to Japan. ||||| A woman has been arrested in Nagoya, Japan accused of allegedly violently trashing a collection of 54 violins and 70 string bows in 2014 
 
 A woman has been arrested in Nagoya, Japan accused of allegedly violently trashing a collection of 54 violins and 70 string bows in 2014. 
 
 The collection, which is believed to have included a valuable Nicola Amati instrument, was valued at in excess of ¥105.9 Million (US $1,560,000). 
 
 The alleged victim was Norwegian-born Japan-based professional violinist and instrument repairer, Daniel Olsen Chen, 62. 
 
 His ex-wife Midori Kawamiya, 34, has been arrested and charged over the damage. 
 
 Prosecutors will argue that the accused broke into the Nagoya workshop, through a window, sometime between January 30th and February 19th, 2014 – whilst the alleged victim was away on a business trip. 
 
 Presumptions of innocence apply. 
 
 A video of the destruction was posted by the victim on YouTube in August, 2016. 
 
 The victim has indicated he is slowly working on fixing the trashed collection, but has asserted it will probably take him the rest of his life to complete. 
 
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– The world's tiniest violin might not be enough to express one man's loss, allegedly at the hands of his ex-wife. The Japan Times reports 34-year-old Midori Kawamiya was arrested Tuesday, accused of destroying her ex-husband's $950,000 violin collection in 2014 as the two were divorcing. Authorities say Kawamiya admitted to breaking into Daniel Olsen Chen's apartment in Nagoya but denied destroying his collection, which the BBC reports was comprised of 54 violins and 70 bows. Kawamiya, a Chinese national, was arrested this week—more than three years after the alleged crime—when she returned to Japan from China. The 62-year-old Chen, who both collects and builds violins, says it will probably take him the rest of his life to repair his collection, the Violin Channel reports. The most valuable of the destroyed violins—said to be worth nearly $450,000 on its own—is believed to have been a Nicola Amati instrument from Italy. (The saga of a Stradivarius stolen in 1980s ends on a high note.)