A businesswoman has put her eggs up for sale on the internet to help repay her student loans.
Marje Khan posted her details on the classified ads website Gumtree and hopes a couple will pay her £4,500 for the donation.
The 28-year-old accounts manager came up with the idea after reading in a magazine how much donors can earn.
She did not realise that in Britain it is illegal to be paid for donating eggs.
The procedure can also be life-threatening for the woman and risks leaving her infertile.
But critics claim advertising eggs for sale is becoming more widespread despite the regulations, as the internet is too hard to regulate.
They are concerned many are exploiting a loophole which states that egg donors are allowed to claim 'reasonable' expenses - but a reasonable amount is not stipulated in law.
Miss Khan, from South-West London, earns £40,000 a year but ran up her debts after studying for degrees in marketing and economics. She was born in Sweden and grew up in Stockholm. Her father was an interior designer father and her mother a teacher.
She came to Britain ten years ago to learn English and to study at Brunel University in West London. But although her parents helped pay some of her fees, after five years of studying she has £50,000 of student loans of pay off.
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