Police were called to reports of a dead body only to find it was actually a used sex doll.

Shocked residents feared a woman had been murdered when they noticed two life-like legs sticking out from a roadside rubbish bin in Ayutthaya, Thailand, on December 4.

Police and paramedics arrived at the suspected crime scene and found the limbs poking out from the smelly bags. However, they were relieved to find that they were actually made from hyper-realistic silicone.

Footage shows one of the officers hauling a silicone limb from a white sack. He also found the right leg wrapped in a sheer pink curtain nearby.

Police officers wrote off the cases as an 'adult doll' that had been discarded. They believe it had only been there a few hours.

Officer Chainarong Tang-on said: ‘A garbage collector said he had found legs inside a rubbish bin. Residents then called us, fearing that there was a dead woman on the street.

‘But it seemed like a rubber doll had been disassembled and discarded. We were ready for a whole night of work only to find out it was a false alarm.'

The cops, rescuers, and scared villagers burst into laughter upon realising the ‘woman' was only a doll. However, they are yet to find the torso.

Chainarong added: ‘We were relieved that the woman was only a doll. We informed the local officials and residents immediately to avoid panic.

'There were no other parts of the body in the rubbish, so it's possible the head and chest may appear soon in the rubbish. Or maybe the owner is keeping those.

'People need to be careful when they throw out anything that looks like a body.'