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Christian Brayford & Ryan Fahey

Undertaker's dead body preparation table being sold on Facebook Marketplace

An undertaker's mortuary table has made a gruesome addition to the items for sale on a Facebook Marketplace page.

The grisly device appeared next to PS4 consoles and used children's toys for £50 on a Grimsby swap and sales group.

The advert suggested the table could make an ideal upcycling project, according to Grimsby Live.

It could also make a perfect addition to a man cave or could be used as a kitchen table, the seller wrote.

Corpses are typically laid on the table after death for the undertaker to wash, embalm and dress before it's taken to its final resting place.

Without these preparations, the body goes through its natural post-mortem processes much quicker.

Potential buyers may be relieved to know that mortuary slabs are kept meticulously clean to prevent decay.

The table has since been removed from the page. It's unknown whether a sale has been made.

A mortuary table is used as a platform for undertaker's to clean, embalm, and dress a body before it is cremated or buried (stock image) (Getty Images/iStockphoto)

The mortuary table is not the first post-mortem product offered to online shoppers in recent years.

A dozen "used" coffins were advertised on one online platform for $500 (£360), according to content-sharing platform Diply.

Slightly less morbid but just as bizarre, one social media user shared an image of a for-sale "money toilet", which had coins implanted along a see-through seat. Another advert in the US listed a sofa covered in snow.

A seller on a High Wycombe Facebook page tried to hawk a ripped apart mattress.

According to the social media user who shared the image, the item was listed as "a little damaged" despite being almost torn in half.

Responding to the increased popularity of online marketplaces through the Covid-19 lockdown, the Local Government Association (LGA) has warned shoppers to buy with care amid reports of potentially dangerous items circulating on platforms like Facebook.

The Office for Product and Safety Standards (OPSS) found that 24 per cent of businesses using these marketplaces thought they had no responsibilities for ensuring products were safe for purchase, the LGA reported.

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