Chinese e-commerce platform Shein has announced a "complete ban" on sex dolls on its site after France threatened to cut off its access to the French market.

Over the weekend, France's anti-fraud office, the DGCCRF, accused the fast-fashion platform of selling sex dolls "with a childlike appearance".

"Their description and their categorisation on the site make it difficult to doubt the pedopornographic nature of the content," it said in a statement.

The dolls were available for purchase on the French version of Shein's platform until Monday, according to CNN affiliate BFMTV, which prompted a stark warning from French Finance Minister Roland Lescure.

"I want to be very clear: If these behaviours are repeated, we will be entitled to … ban access to the French market for the Shein platfor

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