An Indonesian man has ended up marrying two women at the same time when his ex-girlfriend showed up uninvited at his wedding, and insisted on being his second bride until his first bride agreed.

Korik Akbar, 20, who comes from the regency of Central Lombok in the Indonesian state of West Nusa Tenggara, was marrying his fiancee Nur Khusnul Kotimah, 20, when his ex-girlfriend showed up after hearing about the ceremony on social media.

The ex-girlfriend, named as Yuanita Ruri, 21, asked to be Akbar’s wife as well and surprisingly Kotimah agreed.

She said: “My husband’s ex-girlfriend (Yuanita) found out about our plans to get married on social media, as many friends were congratulating us. Because of that, she asked to be his wife too.”

She said it started during the ‘Merariq’ wedding ritual, a tradition where a woman is ‘kidnapped’ by her fiancee, with or without the family’s consent, and taken to the man’s house.

Kotimah said: “Minutes after we arrived at Korik’s house, she showed up and asked to be married too.”

The groom said he was stunned to see his old flame, who he has known since 2016, turn up at the wedding proceedings: “I was not expecting it and I was shocked. However, after discussing it with my family, I decided to marry both women.”

He added: “The dowry for both of them was the same, IDR 1.75 million (GBP 87).”

However, as he is currently unemployed, the groom admitted he feels burdened by having to support two wives.