The 75-year-old mother of a Chinese man has taken to dressing up as Mickey Mouse in order to raise money to help him find a girlfriend.

Single man Yang Guan, 40, thought his mother was joking when she said she would use a second hand Disney costume to pose with tourists in the local park in Luoyang, Henan province, central China, so she could raise some extra cash to help him get his life on track.

His mother Yang Zhiqiao said she had been feeling bad for her son because he couldn’t get a girlfriend, and raising money was a way to help him support a potential wife.

Local children have started calling Zhiqiao the ‘Mickey Mouse Grandma’, and she has taken to charging a 10 yuan fee to have a picture taken with her in popular tourist venues.

However, many people have been paying her a lot more when they find out that she is a frail old lady struggling in a heavy costume.

Zhiqiao’s son bought the costume originally, planning to use it to make some money, but now it is his mother that uses it, as his day job prevented him from doing so.