A crying fake doctor climbed onto a roof to try and escape as police raided her illegal beauty clinic in Thailand.

The woman, identified by police as Anne, 30, had allegedly been giving botox injections without a license before she was caught in a sting operation at the WOW Skin Laser Clinic in Khon Kaen province on June 21.

Despite being surrounded, Anne made a last-ditch attempt at freedom by squeezing through a second-floor window - only to find that she could not climb down the roof.

A sobbing Anne was later rescued by the police, who took over a stepladder to help her.

Chalida Palamat, president of the Pen Nueng Foundation, said authorities were tipped off by an informant who had agreed to buy the beauty clinic for 800,000 THB (17,220 GBP).

The unnamed individual filed a complaint after inspecting the clinic and finding that it lacked the proper licenses and that non-medical professionals instead of doctors were performing the procedures.

The Pen Nueng Foundation coordinated with the police and the Khon Kaen Public Health office to arrange the arrest.

A pair of undercover agents pretending to be a couple were sent to use the clinic's services, with cops swooping in upon confirming that the business was running illegally.

Apichai Limanon, chief of the public health office in Khon Kaen, said: 'The initial inspection found that the owner of this WOW Clinic had already filed for closure of business on January 24, 2024.

'But in reality, it was still providing services by accepting customers' bookings through the Facebook page and having the clinic staff who claimed to be doctors provide services according to the customers' bookings.'

Police found several bottles of Botox, filler, and steroids in a refrigerator at the clinic.

Apichai said that the clinic had made several violations, including operating medical facilities without permission, conducting medical practices without a license, and selling medicines without authorisation.

Meanwhile, Anne said that she used to work as a 'general employee' at the clinic when it still had legitimate doctors. However, she said she resigned over salary delays, and upon finding that the owner had intended to sell the business.

She said: 'After the doctors resigned, leaving the clinic without medical staff, the owner approached me and asked me to administer injections to customers. The medicine would be taken care of, and all I needed to do were the injections.'

Anne allegedly admitted to earning a 10 per cent commission per customer, sometimes visiting clients' homes for a 1,000 THB (22 GBP) fee.

She said: 'I was not worried that I was a quack doctor because I believed that the clinic would take the blame if something ever went wrong. I climbed out of the second-floor window because I was afraid of the legal consequences.'

Meanwhile, the clinic receptionist Kwang, 35, said she was paid a salary of 500 THB (11 GBP) per day.

She said the owner took care of most of the medical procedures, while Anne administered the facial injections.