If you think Filipino “pulis patola” are the worst, wait until you read this funny piece about the sad fate of Japanese policemen.

According to an Associated Press report, the Japanese cops mistook a well-dressed doll for a corpse!

TOKYO – Police were trying to determine Tuesday whether they were the victim of a hoax after the body they thought they found at a seaside resort was actually a life-sized doll.

Investigators found what seemed like a body wrapped in a sleeping bag in a forest in Izu City, a seaside resort in central Japan, after an anonymous caller reported seeing it, a Shizuoka prefecture spokeswoman said on condition of anonymity, citing department policy.

Continue reading the AP report here.