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The mummified remains of a lonely pensioner who died embracing a homemade sex doll have been found at his home.

The granddad's clothed body was discovered by police after neighbours complained of a nasty smell in their apartment block.

When officers broke in to his home in Russia, they found him lying on his sofa next to his "girlfriend", with his corpse partially mummified.

The 66-year-old is thought to have died months earlier.

Police believe he had assembled the doll from items collected from rubbish bins near his home in the Moskovsky district of St Petersburg.

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The head was torn from a mannequin used in a clothes shop, while the body was assembled from pieces of fabric, rope and old towels.

The large, disproportionate bust was made of pink towelling rugs.

The pensioner, named only as Valery M, had reportedly not been seen for several months before his body was found at the property.

An autopsy is set to be carried out, but police believe he died from natural causes in the company of the sex doll.

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There were no signs of violence, a spokesman said.

Officers said the man's clothed body was partially mummified and that he had been dead for several months, according to Nevsky News.

“His body looks more like a mummy, but the "girlfriend" lying next to him on the sofa has remained unscathed,” said the report.

A picture of the scene shows the pensioner's corpse lying under a cover, beside the doll. A child's unclothed plastic doll is visible in the background.