Dolled up companion for lonely hearts in bustling city

Synthetic appeal: Liu storing the head of ‘156’, his high-end sex doll, at his apartment in an industrial suburb of Beijing. — AFP

BEIJING: She lay quietly on a narrow bed, greeting potential customers with an impassive stare and a disproportionately buxom form: meet “156”, a stand-in companion for Chinese men with empty beds.

Named for her height, she is a high-quality sex doll made of thermoplastic elastomer, a rubbery material softer than silicone, with adjustable hands, a removable head and genitals, and available from specialist shops in Beijing for around US$2,500 (RM9,237).