The man stopped for lunch in Munich while transporting a woman’s body from Italy to Poland, but couldn’t find the vehicle again afterwards.

He told police he had parked it “somewhere near the main railway station”.

It later turned up, unharmed, on the other side of town.

There was nothing to suggest it was stolen or moved.

Local police, hinting that he had too many drinks with lunch, said: “He wasn’t very helpful and we think that alcohol may have come into play.”