Ukrainian man offers 'coffin therapy'

A Ukrainian man is offering people "coffin therapy" to prepare them for the afterlife.

Stepan Piryanyk allows customers to come and spend 15 minutes lying in a coffin with the lid open or close, whichever they chose, and then, in theory, they will go home in a comfortable state.

He explained: "At one time our parents, as a rule, kept a coffin in the attic. Then our grandma - who didn't have an attic - came to us because she lived in an apartment.

"She asked us to make something that she could put in her apartment. So we decided to make her a coffin couch. You lay down on it in the evening and slowly get used to eternity."

Stepan lets customers choose which coffin they want to relax in and they can also select some background music such as waterfalls or birdsong.