Picture shows Alan Reeves as Instron's own version of the 11.30 man from a TV ad

FANTASY became reality for female office workers when builders stripped outside their window.

Bosses at Instron Ltd, Cressex, hired male strippers from The Dreamboys after staff complained builders working outside their office were not as sexy as the model in the Diet Coke TV adverts.

In the TV commercial, office workers stop for a break at 11.30am every day to watch the hunk enjoy a drink.

Strapping Johney Moon and Alan Reeves, 28, posed as builders in hardhats, T-shirts, and jeans, before stripping to their waists on Wednesday.

Marketing information specialist Sarah Greenstreet, 30, said: "We had a good inkling when they said we were to be at our desks at 11.20."

Paul Dodsley, 50, the builder in charge of the work at Instron, said his workmates were not upset by the joke, adding: "Everybody enjoyed themselves and everybody took it as a bit of good fun."

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