Asian e-commerce giant Shein said Monday it was banning sex dolls from sale on its sites globally after French authorities condemned it for featuring ones resembling children.

France's finance minister had threatened to ban the retailer from the country if it resumed selling the childlike dolls, just days before it opens its first physical store in Paris.

France's anti-fraud unit reported on Saturday that the company was selling "childlike" dolls of a likely pornographic nature.

French daily Le Parisien published a photo of one of the dolls sold on the platform, accompanied by an explicitly sexual caption.

The pictured doll measured around 80 centimetres (30 inches) in height and held a teddy bear.

Shortly after the fraud watchdog's statement, Shein announced the dolls had been withdr

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