Filming to start on fake mum TV show

Kira to tell all about bizarre'baby'hoax

- BILLY GADDI

The TV giants behind a new documentary on Airdrie 'mum' Kira Cousins, who used a plastic doll to con her friends and family into believing it was her newborn, have spoken out on the scam which shocked the town.

The 22-year-old hit the headlines when the Advertiser revealed she duped loved-ones into thinking she had given birth to a tiny daughter named Bonnie-Leigh Joyce after strapping on a prosthetic baby bump for months.

Those closest to her then discovered the "baby" was a realistic Reborn doll after her mum found it in her bedroom.

After reporting Kira was set to tell her side of the hoax, we can now reveal the production companies behind the TV deal are Soho Studios Entertainment and Glasgow-based Two Rivers Media.

Although a home for the documentary has not yet been decided, both firms are planning to liaise with a number of platforms and broadcasters about the project.