Last updated at 13:58 27 September 2006

For those admirers of Elizabeth Hurley who cannot afford the real thing - and that's most of us - here is a rather cheaper alternative... the 'fembot' played by her in Austin Powers 2: The Spy Who Shagged Me.

The prop has gone on sale on auction website eBay, but the silicon puppet does have a few disadvantages compared with the real thing.

The fembot has a tendency to explode at inopportune moments, and frankly could do with a spot of make-up, but the curves do seem to be in the right places.

The Hurley fembot, aka Vanessa Kensington, was Austin Power's wife until she exploded into metal pieces, and was revealed as a robot.

Whether Vanessa Kensington was a fembot all along is still up for debate. It is presumed that Vanessa was captured and killed by Powers' nemesis, Dr Evil, soon before she and Austin married, but some fans believe she perhaps is still alive.

Bids for the fembot start at £1,800, which probably wouldn't even get you lunch with the real Liz.