Rescuers in Japan pulled a drowning woman out of the water - only to discover that it was a sex doll.

Sex Doll

Sex Doll

YouTuber Tanaka Natsuki was filming when she saw the "body" in the water before the emergency services rushed to the scene in the city of Hachinohe.

Natsuki had suspected that it was a woman being pulled to safety before soon realising that it was a rubber doll, which is sometimes referred to as a 'Dutch wife' in the country.

She explained: "While I was filming for my fishing video, I thought that a corpse had come floating by, but it turned out to be a Dutch wife.

"It seems someone misunderstood what it was and called the authorities, so a ton of police, fire trucks, and ambulances showed up.

"Thankfully the 'wife' was safely rescued. Nice."