Those interested in using the service can "choose a boyfriend from our extensive library, customize his personality to your tastes, and decide how you will interact. Then you’ll be able to live your life the way you want".

The website gets its photos from members of the public (18 or over) who donate selfies, in the cause of faked romance. Women are encouraged to submit their selfies too, as the app aims to develop a similar service for make-believe girlfriends.

Once you have your pseudo-partner's photo and back-story in place, the app will ratchet things up a notch by using a "lightweight auto-texting service" to formulate real-time text conversations between you and your "boyfriend".

The tech team are working on unique ways to communicate via phone calls and voice mail, as well as using gifts, personalized notes and flower deliveries to help flesh out a credible and believable figure.

How far you take it depends on how much you're willing to splash out on the service, and the app is currently developing a variety of different packages with tiered levels of forgery.

New Invisible Boyfriend app lets you fake a relationship with real-time conversations and forged photos