An eBay bidder who won a £5,000 (€6,000) chicken nugget resembling George Washington has chickened out of the deal.

A US woman has received a bid of more than $4,000 for a McDonald's Chicken McNugget she put on eBay.

Fast food chain McDonald’s is bringing in a new, less fattening Chicken McNugget in its ongoing bid to offer healthier food, it emerged today.