I thought it looked very human,” she said. So unpopular did the red-haired Ashton-Drake Galleries doll prove with customers that Ms Varga was forced to halve its price from £180 to £90 and ...

I thought it looked very human," she said. "Then I saw on the back of its neck that it was an Ashton-Drake Galleries doll, which are very expensive, so I priced it and put it in the window.