Fake Birdnest!!!

VJ bought my mother a box of birdnest all the way from Sabah for her birthday present. According to him he bought it for about RM500++. Yesterday my mum finally decided to cook it for us. She spend the whole day cleaning it (extracting all the bird feather inside the birdnest) before cooking it for us. To our biggest surprise, the birdnest totally dissolved and disappear in the water. Worse than that, it emits some weird ammonia pungent smell. We did not finish the birdnest and throw it away. I told VJ about it later and he was pretty sure the birdnest he bought was genuine. After reassuring him he got the fake one, he sounds a bit distressed and promise to call back the seller for refund. If not he will take this case to the consumer right association. Hopefully he will get his refund or else it will be the most expensive flour he ever paid for.