diff --git a/metafix/src/test/resources/org/metafacture/metafix/integration/method/fromJson/toJson/replace_allInPastedSubfieldOfArrayOfObjectsWithAsteriskWithGrouping/expected.json b/metafix/src/test/resources/org/metafacture/metafix/integration/method/fromJson/toJson/replace_allInPastedSubfieldOfArrayOfObjectsWithAsteriskWithGrouping/expected.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1dd0f7991
--- /dev/null
+++ b/metafix/src/test/resources/org/metafacture/metafix/integration/method/fromJson/toJson/replace_allInPastedSubfieldOfArrayOfObjectsWithAsteriskWithGrouping/expected.json
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+{
+  "GST" : [ {
+    "a" : "TestA1"
+  }, {
+    "a" : "TestB1",
+    "b" : "TestB2"
+  }, {
+    "a" : "TestC1",
+    "b" : "TestC2",
+    "c" : "TestC3"
+  } ],
+  "subject" : [ {
+    "name" : "Test",
+    "altLabel" : [ "TestA1", "TestB1 ( TestB2 )", "TestC1 ( TestC2 TestC3 )" ]
+  } ]
+}
diff --git a/metafix/src/test/resources/org/metafacture/metafix/integration/method/fromJson/toJson/replace_allInPastedSubfieldOfArrayOfObjectsWithAsteriskWithGrouping/input.json b/metafix/src/test/resources/org/metafacture/metafix/integration/method/fromJson/toJson/replace_allInPastedSubfieldOfArrayOfObjectsWithAsteriskWithGrouping/input.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..37aa9694c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/metafix/src/test/resources/org/metafacture/metafix/integration/method/fromJson/toJson/replace_allInPastedSubfieldOfArrayOfObjectsWithAsteriskWithGrouping/input.json
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+{
+  "GST" : [
+    {
+      "a" : "TestA1"
+    }, {
+      "a" : "TestB1",
+      "b" : "TestB2"
+    }, {
+      "a" : "TestC1",
+      "b" : "TestC2",
+      "c" : "TestC3"
+    }
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/metafix/src/test/resources/org/metafacture/metafix/integration/method/fromJson/toJson/replace_allInPastedSubfieldOfArrayOfObjectsWithAsteriskWithGrouping/test.fix b/metafix/src/test/resources/org/metafacture/metafix/integration/method/fromJson/toJson/replace_allInPastedSubfieldOfArrayOfObjectsWithAsteriskWithGrouping/test.fix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c1f992c91
--- /dev/null
+++ b/metafix/src/test/resources/org/metafacture/metafix/integration/method/fromJson/toJson/replace_allInPastedSubfieldOfArrayOfObjectsWithAsteriskWithGrouping/test.fix
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+set_array("subject[]")
+add_field("subject[].$append.name","Test")
+set_array("subject[].$last.altLabel[]")
+
+do list(path:"GST[]", "var": "$i")  # Other altLabels have a "," character between $a and $b.
+  paste("subject[].$last.altLabel[].$append", "$i.a", "~(", "$i.b", "$i.c", "~)")
+end
+
+replace_all("subject[].*.altLabel[].*","  | \\( \\)","")
diff --git a/metafix/src/test/resources/org/metafacture/metafix/integration/method/fromJson/toJson/replace_allInPastedSubfieldOfArrayOfObjectsWithAsteriskWithGrouping/test.flux b/metafix/src/test/resources/org/metafacture/metafix/integration/method/fromJson/toJson/replace_allInPastedSubfieldOfArrayOfObjectsWithAsteriskWithGrouping/test.flux
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7c3575fac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/metafix/src/test/resources/org/metafacture/metafix/integration/method/fromJson/toJson/replace_allInPastedSubfieldOfArrayOfObjectsWithAsteriskWithGrouping/test.flux
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+FLUX_DIR + "input.json"
+|open-file
+|as-records
+|decode-json
+|fix(FLUX_DIR + "test.fix")
+|encode-json(prettyPrinting="true")
+|write(FLUX_DIR + "output-metafix.json")
+;
diff --git a/metafix/src/test/resources/org/metafacture/metafix/integration/method/fromJson/toJson/replace_allInPastedSubfieldOfArrayOfObjectsWithAsteriskWithGrouping_2/expected.json b/metafix/src/test/resources/org/metafacture/metafix/integration/method/fromJson/toJson/replace_allInPastedSubfieldOfArrayOfObjectsWithAsteriskWithGrouping_2/expected.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f5f9c4ca6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/metafix/src/test/resources/org/metafacture/metafix/integration/method/fromJson/toJson/replace_allInPastedSubfieldOfArrayOfObjectsWithAsteriskWithGrouping_2/expected.json
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+{
+  "GST" : [ {
+    "a" : "TestA1"
+  }, {
+    "a" : "TestB1",
+    "b" : "TestB2"
+  }, {
+    "a" : "TestC1",
+    "b" : "TestC2",
+    "c" : "TestC3"
+  } ],
+  "subject" : [ {
+    "name" : "Test",
+    "agent" : {
+      "altLabel" : [ "TestA1", "TestB1 ( TestB2 )", "TestC1 ( TestC2 TestC3 )" ]
+    }
+  } ]
+}
diff --git a/metafix/src/test/resources/org/metafacture/metafix/integration/method/fromJson/toJson/replace_allInPastedSubfieldOfArrayOfObjectsWithAsteriskWithGrouping_2/input.json b/metafix/src/test/resources/org/metafacture/metafix/integration/method/fromJson/toJson/replace_allInPastedSubfieldOfArrayOfObjectsWithAsteriskWithGrouping_2/input.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..37aa9694c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/metafix/src/test/resources/org/metafacture/metafix/integration/method/fromJson/toJson/replace_allInPastedSubfieldOfArrayOfObjectsWithAsteriskWithGrouping_2/input.json
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+{
+  "GST" : [
+    {
+      "a" : "TestA1"
+    }, {
+      "a" : "TestB1",
+      "b" : "TestB2"
+    }, {
+      "a" : "TestC1",
+      "b" : "TestC2",
+      "c" : "TestC3"
+    }
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/metafix/src/test/resources/org/metafacture/metafix/integration/method/fromJson/toJson/replace_allInPastedSubfieldOfArrayOfObjectsWithAsteriskWithGrouping_2/test.fix b/metafix/src/test/resources/org/metafacture/metafix/integration/method/fromJson/toJson/replace_allInPastedSubfieldOfArrayOfObjectsWithAsteriskWithGrouping_2/test.fix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..776cc8656
--- /dev/null
+++ b/metafix/src/test/resources/org/metafacture/metafix/integration/method/fromJson/toJson/replace_allInPastedSubfieldOfArrayOfObjectsWithAsteriskWithGrouping_2/test.fix
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+set_array("subject[]")
+add_field("subject[].$append.name","Test")
+set_array("subject[].$last.agent.altLabel[]")
+
+do list(path:"GST[]", "var": "$i")  # Other altLabels have a "," character between $a and $b.
+  paste("subject[].$last.agent.altLabel[].$append", "$i.a", "~(", "$i.b", "$i.c", "~)")
+end
+
+replace_all("subject[].*.agent.altLabel[].*","  | \\( \\)","")
diff --git a/metafix/src/test/resources/org/metafacture/metafix/integration/method/fromJson/toJson/replace_allInPastedSubfieldOfArrayOfObjectsWithAsteriskWithGrouping_2/test.flux b/metafix/src/test/resources/org/metafacture/metafix/integration/method/fromJson/toJson/replace_allInPastedSubfieldOfArrayOfObjectsWithAsteriskWithGrouping_2/test.flux
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7c3575fac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/metafix/src/test/resources/org/metafacture/metafix/integration/method/fromJson/toJson/replace_allInPastedSubfieldOfArrayOfObjectsWithAsteriskWithGrouping_2/test.flux
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+FLUX_DIR + "input.json"
+|open-file
+|as-records
+|decode-json
+|fix(FLUX_DIR + "test.fix")
+|encode-json(prettyPrinting="true")
+|write(FLUX_DIR + "output-metafix.json")
+;
diff --git a/metafix/src/test/resources/org/metafacture/metafix/integration/method/fromJson/toJson/replace_allInPastedSubfieldOfArrayOfObjectsWithAsteriskWithGrouping_2/todo.txt b/metafix/src/test/resources/org/metafacture/metafix/integration/method/fromJson/toJson/replace_allInPastedSubfieldOfArrayOfObjectsWithAsteriskWithGrouping_2/todo.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cf98f2856
--- /dev/null
+++ b/metafix/src/test/resources/org/metafacture/metafix/integration/method/fromJson/toJson/replace_allInPastedSubfieldOfArrayOfObjectsWithAsteriskWithGrouping_2/todo.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+See issue #278