A WOMAN trying to sell her sofa on Facebook ended up sawing it into pieces after falling victim to a practical joke.

Emma Taylor, of St Annes, in Lancashire, posted a photo of her sofa for sale and didn't suspect anything was wrong when a would-be buyer contacted her on-line to say he wanted a chopped up sofa for an art project.

He asked Miss Taylor to saw the sofa into lots of pieces and pose for pictures with them on Facebook.

It was only when the buyer didn't turn up that she realised she'd been duped and that the pictures had gone viral on social media.