A British man is using an unconventional way to get rid of his mother-in-law. He is selling her on eBay.

Steve Owen, 42, put his 50-year-old mother-in-law, Caroline Allen, on the web site under the "Collectibles and Weird Stuff" category, describing her condition as "used".

Bidding begins at $1.74.

Owen says of his decision to put his mother-in-law up for sale: "I'm deadly serious. She comes to the house every day trying to change me and make me tidy.

"I just hope someone will take her off my hands. She's single and not bad looking."

Allen reportedly hit back saying: "He's lazy and I won't stop nagging him until he changes - that's my job. But he could have made the starting bid