This is the humiliating moment a man was forced to pose with hundreds of bras after stealing the underwear from a woman in Thailand.

Itthiphon Suriwong, 25, was arrested after a woman's suitcase went missing from next to a washing machine at a laundrette in Chiang Mai on December 7.

Housewife Jureeporn Kamma, 29, called the police and said she had left her luggage full with her dirty clothes next to the coin-operated machine.

Officers checked CCTV and identified a suspect wearing a denim jacket riding away on a Honda Click motorcycle.

Itthiphon was arrested at his home on Sunday (December 12). However, officers were shocked when they allegedly found a sordid stash of soiled bras inside his room.

Police said they recovered more than 200 other bras that are believed to have been stolen from laundrettes and washing lines around the city.

The embarrassed alleged thief was forced to pose in front of the items while fending off claims he was ''gripped by an underwear fetish''.

Itthiphon said: ''I didn't sniff any of the bras or mastarbate with them. I don't know why they're dirty.

''Honestly, no, I don't have a sexual preference for them. They don't excite me.

''Is it okay if I don’t speak, anymore? I'm feeling embarrassed.''

Itthiphon said that the hundreds of bras had been left in a plastic bag when he moved into the apartment.

He added: ''I didn't know what to do with them so I just left them in my room.''

Officers said that Itthiphon later confessed to stealing the bras and sniffing them until he climaxed.

Police Lieutenant Colonel Prayup Wongratanamacha, Deputy Inspector of the Chang Phuak district police station, said that Itthiphon was ''motivated by lust'' when he stole the women's underwear.

He said: ''The suspect denied using the bras for his sexual fetish but he later admitted that he had sniffed them until he orgasmed.

''There were more than 200 pieces of underwear so we are investigating further as there could be more hidden.''

Police remanded Itthiphon in custody on suspicion of theft. They are continuing their investigations.