IN PICS! Woman fakes cancer for dream wedding, shaves her own head to con friends into paying 8 lakh rupees; Gets caught by a picture

Toni Standen, 29, shaved her head, spoke to the press and said of the disease: “It’s gone to my brain, my bones – it’s everywhere.”

Toni Standen pretended she had terminal cancer so her friends would be pay for her dream wedding with husband James.

She shaved her head to convince pals the cancer was real. She tugged at heart strings by saying she wanted her dad Derek, who was dying of cancer, to walk her down the aisle.

Friends launched a GoFundMe page to give Standen and partner James “a wedding they deserve,” The Mirror reports.

Standen's dad Derek, 57, died before the big day but a video he recorded was played. One guest told the Mirror: “After hearing her father’s laboured words she got up and gave a faultless speech, even cracking a few jokes.

“Her mother and brother were in bits. We’d all just listened to a father of the bride message from beyond the grave.

“Toni even received a video message from Everton FC, delivered by one of the top players. She laughed throughout.”

Standen’s lies were later exposed when she claimed to have coronavirus, raising suspicions among pals. Cheryl Aston, 33, who donated £525, said: “She could have won an Oscar, her acting was that good. She fooled us all. We were all completely sucked in. “She told me she was dying and I fell for it.”