The above picture shows police officers interrupting a sham wedding between a Nigerian man living illegally in the UK and a Portuguese woman.
More photos when you continue...Home Office immigration officers swooped on the ceremony, which was held at a registry office in Harrow, North London.
The man, 32, has now been sent back to Nigeria while the woman, 22, is on
bail until November 7.
Immigration officers said the woman may have married for cash on three separate occasions.
Police interrupted the marriage in front of guests and took the bride and groom for questioning separately.
It emerged that they knew little about each other and that the man was working in the UK illegally.
Harrow Council leader Susan Hall said: "It is appalling to see the lengths some people go to in dressing up and organising guests for a sham marriage."
"A marriage is supposed to be the happiest day in your life. Well, in this case, the couple certainly got a day they won't forget."
The photographs come after it emerged yesterday that one in five civil marriages in parts of Britain may be bogus.
Some 15,000 such ceremonies a year are taking place simply to get around immigration law, estimates one of the country's most senior registrars, Mark Rimmer.
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