The “male” seems to have lovingly wrapped his arm around his sweetheart’s shoulders – as if she has grown on him over the years. A man called Fan is said to have been so sure the couple were just made for each other that he forked out £40 for the foot-long fleeceflower tuber.

But last night cynics suggested the slightly mucky figures were simply TOO detailed – giving them grounds to suspect they may be carved.