It was a sex toy, not a fallen angel

This recent undated handout picture released by Indonesian police and made available on May 3, 2016 shows an Indonesian man holding a sex doll in Banggai in Sulawesi - AFP.

JAKARTA: Indonesian villagers thought they had been blessed when a beautiful doll turned up on a beach, believing it to be an angel fallen from heaven, only to discover it was an inflatable sex toy.

Rapidly-spreading news of a heavenly offering and fears of possible social unrest that it might spark prompted a police probe.