The police in Mooroopna,a town near Melbourne, have rescued a naked man who got stuck inside a washing machine while playing a game of hide-and-seek.

The BBC said the man hid inside the top-loading machine so he could surprise his partner.

But he became stuck and it took 20 minutes for rescuers to dislodge him using olive oil as a lubricant.

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