A woman convinced her twenty boyfriends to each buy her an iPhone 7 in order to pay for a house.

A Chinese woman has used 20 iPhones to buy a house.

The woman known as Xiaoli, from Shenzhen in China, convinced her 20 boyfriends to each buy her an iPhone 7, the Metro reported.

After making 115,010 Chine yuan (NZD$23,800) selling the phones, she used the money to buy a house in the countryside.

Xiaoli allegedly sold each phone to the Hui Shou Bao website for around £700 each (NZD$1190), as confirmed by the BBC.

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Her story was shared on popular blogging platform Tian Ya Yi Du, where a user called Proud Qiaoba commented: "Everyone in the office is talking about this now.

"Who knows what her boyfriends think now this news has become public."

Proud Qiaoba, who appears to work with Xiaoli, said the woman is not from a wealthy family.

"Her mum is a housewife and her dad is a migrant worker, and she is the oldest daughter," the user said.

"Her parents are getting old and she might be under a lot pressure hoping to buy them a house… But it's still unbelievable that she could use this method!"

The story was also widely shared on the Chinese social network Weibo, according to Metro.

There were 13 million comments, with most people praising her ingenuity. However, some criticised her and called her "shameless".

One woman wrote: 'I can't even find one boyfriend. She can actually find 20 boyfriends at the same time and even get them to buy her an iPhone 7. Just want to ask her to teach me such skills.'