Police
decided to investigate after becoming concerned the increasing
excitement about the 'angel' could lead to unrest – and soon punctured
the theory.
'We
were hearing many stories, such as that the "fallen angel" was crying
when she was discovered,' said police chief Heru Pramukarno.
'When our officers arrived they saw that the "fallen angel" was just a doll, it was a sex toy.'
The problem, it seemed, was the remoteness of Kalupapi.
'They have no Internet, they don't know what a sex toy is.
After
investigating, officers confiscated the doll and took it to the local
police station, a move they said was intended to stop false rumours from
spreading.
It is not the first time that a sex toy has been mistaken for something else entirely.
In
2012, a Chinese TV station reported a rare mushroom with medicinal
qualities had been discovered in a town during drilling for a new well,
only for viewers to point out that the object was in fact a sex toy for
men.
Sex toys have also sparked police alerts in the past.
Several
years ago police in China's Shandong province launched a rescue
operation to save what they believed was a woman drowning in a river,
only to discover it was actually an inflatable sex doll.
