A mum ended up having the last laugh after her prankster hubby used a "seductive" pic to sell an IKEA bookcase.
Rather than showing interest in the oak-coloured 'Billy' bookcase, one cheeky buyer offered £4,000 for 33-year-old Jess Lewington, who could be seen lifting her leg flirtatiously in the photo.
Matt Lewington, of Swindon, Wiltshire, took the shot on April 12, with the intention of flogging the piece of furniture on a private Facebook seller group.
After jokingly asking Jess to move out of the shot, the 34-year-old furniture business owner ended up getting a snap of the bookcase on its own.
However, Jess had no clue whatsoever that her husband had in fact uploaded both photos, with the post captioned, "Can be delivered!! P. S. my wife thinks this photo will help sell the unit!"
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The post went viral in a matter of hours, clocking up nearly 1,000 likes, shares, and comments. Social media users love the couple's sense of humour, hailing the post as "comedy gold".
A number of people have apparently been so taken with "legend" Jess, that they've been asking if she comes with the furniture - with the attention leaving her "feeling like Beyoncé".
Some admirers claims to only have interest in the postwoman cum part-time model, with one man offering up £4,000 for her.
However, despite the flurry of compliments, the pair are unfortunately still looking for a buyer for the bookcase, which they're currently selling for £80.
Jess said: "I don't normally model in the furniture pictures. Matt was like 'can you get out of the way I'm trying to take a photo' so I jokingly made a pose and said 'go on take one like that, that'll sell it'.
"Then he took a normal photo without me in it, which I thought was quite rude, and then posted it. He asked if I'd checked my Facebook messages as he'd put it online. I didn't think anything of it and then I checked it and I was like 'you are joking'.
"Before I could say to him to take it down it just went mental and I just thought 'sod it, we'll just have some fun with it'. I feel like Beyoncé. It just makes me laugh".
"Part of me was like 'take it down now, it's just ridiculous' but the other part of me found it funny. Seeing people comment 'you've made my day' made me think 'that's fair enough' It's harmless fun".
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